According to preliminary statistics of the General Department of Customs, the country's export volume of pepper in the first quarter of 2020 increased by 13.7% compared to the same period in 2019, reaching 80,680 tons, but the value decreased 7 %, reaching 176.29 million USD.
The export volume of pepper in March 2020 was estimated at 40,297 tons, equivalent to US $ 83.05 million, up 57.4% in volume and 45.6% in turnover compared to February 2020; over the same period last year also increased by 14.3% in volume but down 7.2% in turnover.
The price of export pepper in March 2020 decreased by 7.4% compared to February 2020 and by 18.7% compared to the same month in 2019, reaching an average of US $ 2,061.1 / ton. In the first quarter of 2020, the export price also decreased by 18.2% compared to the same period in 2019, reaching 2,185 USD / ton.
Pepper exported to the US – Vietnam's largest consumer market of pepper in the first quarter of this year, the price also decreased by 11.5% compared to the same period in 2019, reaching only US $ 2,540.5 / ton. The amount of pepper exported to the US increased slightly by 0.1%, but the turnover decreased by 11.5%, reaching 13,824 tons, equivalent to 35.12 million USD, accounting for 17.1% of the total export volume of pepper nationwide. and accounts for 19.9% of total turnover.
The price of pepper exported to the EU – the second largest market also fell sharply by 20.1% to 2,696.7 USD / ton. The amount of pepper exported to the EU increased by 33.1%, the turnover increased 6.3% to 8,482 tons, worth US $ 22.82 million, accounting for 10.5% of the total volume and accounting for 12.9% of the total turnover. .
Vietnam's pepper exports to Southeast Asian countries in general accounted for over 10% of the total and total pepper export turnover of the country, reaching 8,107 tons, equivalent to 17.98 million USD, a sharp increase of 90, 3% in volume and 55.8% in turnover over the same period last year.
Export of pepper in quarter 1/2020
(Calculated according to data released on April 13, 2020 of GDC)
Market |
Quarter 1/2020 |
Compared to Q1 / 2019 (%) |
Proportion (%) |
|||
Amount (ton) |
Value (USD) |
Amount |
Value |
Amount |
Value |
|
80,680 |
176,293,951 |
13.73 |
-7 |
100 |
100 |
|
America |
13,824 |
35.119,716 |
0.09 |
-11.43 |
17.13 |
19.92 |
India |
4,779 |
10.365.843 |
-36.35 |
-44.98 |
5,92 |
5.88 |
Myanmar |
3.874 |
8.148.502 |
782.46 |
641.87 |
4.8 |
4.62 |
Pakistan |
3,972 |
8.113.082 |
1.59 |
-16.48 |
4.92 |
4.6 |
Virtue |
2,777 |
7,353,360 |
39.34 |
14.74 |
3.44 |
4.17 |
U.A.E |
3.502 |
7.221,730 |
-4,6 |
-17.78 |
4.34 |
4.1 |
Egypt |
3,074 |
5.696.389 |
69.83 |
43.5 |
3.81 |
3.23 |
Thailand |
2.056 |
5,392,246 |
37.25 |
11 |
2.55 |
3.06 |
Netherlands |
1,665 |
5.165.593 |
-7.5 |
-21.68 |
2.06 |
2.93 |
Korea |
1.627 |
3,905,993 |
-15.13 |
-26.99 |
2.02 |
2.22 |
Brother |
1,229 |
3.701.484 |
3.98 |
-11.18 |
1.52 |
2.1 |
Saudi Arabia |
1,583 |
3,539,718 |
60.39 |
42.27 |
1.96 |
2.01 |
Philippines |
1,516 |
2,912,634 |
-12.06 |
-24.4 |
1.88 |
1.65 |
Russia |
1.421 |
2,791,623 |
70.59 |
49.7 |
1.76 |
1.58 |
Poland |
1,035 |
2.198.405 |
148.8 |
77.86 |
1.28 |
1.25 |
Senegal |
1.109 |
2.189.045 |
17.35 |
-0.17 |
1.37 |
1.24 |
Turkey |
1.123 |
2,072,470 |
36.45 |
10.37 |
1.39 |
1.18 |
Canada |
729 |
1,980,295 |
-13.42 |
-18.9 |
0.9 |
1.12 |
France |
774 |
1,879,871 |
171.58 |
109.52 |
0.96 |
1.07 |
South Africa |
721 |
1,866,638 |
1.84 |
-14.25 |
0.89 |
1.06 |
Spain |
640 |
1,631,865 |
48.49 |
21.17 |
0.79 |
0.93 |
Australia |
511 |
1.561.189 |
-7.93 |
-21.44 |
0.63 |
0.89 |
Japan |
792 |
1,495,878 |
10.31 |
-15.27 |
0.98 |
0.85 |
Algeria |
603 |
1,082,873 |
95.15 |
48.64 |
0.75 |
0.61 |
Ukraine |
463 |
931,681 |
112.39 |
90.95 |
0.57 |
0.53 |
Singapore |
363 |
795,745 |
45.78 |
20.76 |
0.45 |
0.45 |
Malaysia |
298 |
735,670 |
-15.1 |
-31.44 |
0.37 |
0.42 |
Italia |
262 |
622,300 |
23.58 |
-3,94 |
0.32 |
0.35 |
Belgium |
80 |
266,901 |
100 |
64.21 |
0.1 |
0.15 |
Kuwait |
105 |
233,150 |
-36.75 |
-46.65 |
0.13 |
0.13 |
Source: VITIC