Pepper

Retail Asia20/02/2024

Pepper prices rose in the central highlands and southern Vietnam 3.6% to VND86,000 ($3.50) per kilogram on Monday as sinking supply fuels higher demand, according to the Vietnam Pepper Association. Climbing prices were recorded in the central highlands provinces of Dak Lak and Dak Nong, as well as the southern provinces of Ba Ria – […]

Retail Asia09/01/2024

While Vietnam’s pepper export volumes soared by 16.6% to 267,000 tons in 2023, the value dropped by 6% to US$912 million, according to the Vietnam Customs. The average export price of Vietnamese pepper, which constitutes 60% of global supply, dropped by 19.4% from the previous year, to US$3,420 per ton. Black pepper made up 71.2% […]

Retail Asia25/07/2023

Vietnam exported 153,000 tons of pepper worth US$483 million in the first half of this year, up 24% in volume but down 13.7% in value year-on-year. According to the General Department of Vietnam Customs, the average price stood at $3,184 per ton, a decrease of 29.7% from a year earlier, due to weaker global demand. […]

Retail Asia07/03/2023

Vietnam exported over 41,000 tonnes of pepper worth $129 million in the first two months of this year, up 35% in volume, but down 7.4% in value over the same period from 2022 The average export price of the Vietnamese spice in February 2023 was $3,059 per tonne, a downturn of 11.1% compared to the […]

Retail Asia23/12/2022

The volume of Vietnam’s pepper exports to important markets has decreased this year, but the country has retained its top spot in the global rankings, heard a conference held in Ho Chi Minh City on December 21. The Vietnam Pepper Association Chairwoman Hoang Thi Lien said in 2022, the product was at a disadvantage due […]

Retail Asia23/10/2020

Singaporean cult snack brand Irvins Salted Egg has expanded online in the US and launching at several Asian specialty stores including 99 Ranch, Seafood City and H Mart. The popular brand, which has a cult following in Singapore and Hong Kong, especially, has pop-up style brick-and-mortar stores and sell-through in nine Asian countries. By going […]

Retail Asia24/01/2019

A lot of Hong Kong retailers are talking about technology right now, but before they even started, Pricerite founder and chairman Bankee Kwan was already embracing it. Now home to the first Pepper robot on customer service duty in a Hong Kong store and leading-edge online apps allowing shoppers to virtually place furniture in their […]

Retail Asia08/05/2018

The surge in world pepper prices in the 2013-2015 period led local growers to expand their farms uncontrollably. Vietnam plans to slash its black pepper growing area by 26.7 percent in response to falling global prices, the chairman of the country’s pepper association said Tuesday. Vietnam is the world’s largest black pepper exporter, accounting for […]

Retail Asia27/06/2017

With supply exceeding demand, farmers are being told to hold on to their stocks and wait for prices to rise. Vietnam’s pepper shipments are forecast to reach around 101,000 tons for the first six months of 2017, up 13 percent on-year, but revenue is likely to fall 13 percent, according to Vietnam Pepper Association (VPA)’s […]

Retail Asia29/05/2017

Industry leaders have called on distraught and anxious pepper farmers to remain calm and refrain from selling their produce at low prices, saying the current price plunge is most likely a fleeting phenomenon. Do Ha Nam, Chairman of the Vietnam Pepper Association, said farmers should break their impulse to “mass sell” their produce immediately after […]

Retail Asia16/11/2016

Indonesia is the world’s second largest pepper producer. In 2013, Indonesia’s pepper production reached 88,700 tons, or an 18.8 percent worldwide market share. Indonesia has the world’s largest pepper production area with 178,000 hectares. However, the productivity of Indonesia’s pepper production area is only at 0.5 tons per hectare. “The productivity is low despite having […]

Retail Asia05/09/2016

Domestic white pepper prices have fallen sharply in recent weeks, losing a hefty RM12,000 per tonne or 24% year-to-date after sustaining at an all-time high level of RM50,000 per tonne for months. Kuching Grade 1 white pepper dropped to RM38,000 per tonne on Friday (Sept 2) based on Malaysian Pepper Board (MPB) published price. The […]

Retail Asia30/05/2016

Pizza Hut Asia and MasterCard have partnered to bring Pepper, SoftBank Robotic’s humanoid robot, to restaurants by the end of this year to enhance in-store customer service. Pizza Hut Asia will be piloting Pepper for order-taking and what MasterCard describes as “personalised engagement”. This marks the first commercial application for Pepper, according to MasterCard. Pepper, […]

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Pepper prices rising in Vietnam

Pepper exports rise in volume, fall in value

Pepper exports rise in volume

Pepper export value down 7.4% in two months

Vietnam remains top global peppercorn exporter

Irvins Salted Egg expands into the US via DTC route

Pricerite shows how it embraces robotic technology

Vietnam to cut black pepper farm area

Vietnam’s pepper export revenue loses spice due to oversupply

Vietnam’s pepper farmers urged to keep calm and carry on

Indonesia Falls Behind Vietnam in Pepper Production

Domestic white pepper prices sink

Pizza Hut Asia to test Pepper the robot