Total imports of 8 pepper consuming countries were recorded at 15,503 tons at the end of 2020, according to news from BusinessLine.
A pepper garden in China’s Hainan Island
Global pepper production in the past 10 years has increased by 72%, to 561,500 tons compared to 234,418 tons in 2010. However, in the past year, it has only increased by 1% compared to 2019.
Vietnam contributes up to 43% of global pepper production. Ms. Hoang Thi Lien, Executive Director of the International Pepper Community (IPC) said that Brazil has surpassed Indonesia to become the second largest pepper producer with an output of 80,000 tons in 2019. Production increased in Brazil. mainly due to the expansion of pepper plantations in the state of Espirito Santos.
Newly planted pepper on a plantation in southern Brazil
The average pepper productivity in producing countries in the period 2010-2020 has many fluctuations; recorded an uptrend in 2011 and 2012, while the next two years fell. However, in 2017 and 2018 there was a tendency to increase again, with the average yield increasing by 20% and 19% respectively, according to Ms. Lien at the International Spices Symposium organized by the Association. Indian spice organization.
For 11 years, Cambodia has achieved the highest yield with 3,740 kg/ha in 2012. In 2020, the average yield in producing countries is estimated at 1,594 kg/ha, up 30% or 365 kg/ha compared to 2010.
During the period 2010 – 2020, pepper exports from producing countries increased by an average annual rate of 6% and the highest increase was reported at 19% in 2017. In 2020, Vietnam exported 285,292 tons, accounting for 59% of the global pepper export market, followed by Brazil with 18% with 89,756 tons and Indonesia with 11% with 51,718 tons. India exported only 15,924 tons.
Regarding imports, Ms. Lien said that the import market share in the period 2014-2020 is mainly Vietnam, India and China. As of July 2020, China imported 42,997 tons, Vietnam imported 39,846 tons. India imports for the whole year 2020 is 24,805 tons.
Also as of July 2020, China accounted for 16% of the global import market share and became the second largest importer after the US, while the US accounted for 28% of the global import market share.
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