The Hindu Business Line : India top supplier of black pepper to US

Kochi May 28 India was the largest exporter of whole black pepper to the US during January-March 2007, while it was at second position in shipments of ground pepper to that country during the period.

Shipments of black pepper from India to the US stood at 4,011 tonnes in January - March 2007 followed by Brazil 2,925 tonnes and Vietnam 859 tonnes, according to the International Pepper Community (IPC).

Total import into the US market during January-March 2007 was reportedly down by 21 per cent or 3,322 tonnes to 12,452 tonnes against 15,774 tonnes in the corresponding period last year.

Total imports of whole black pepper were at 8,952 tonnes.

Indonesia was the top supplier of whole white pepper into the US market during the first quarter, shipping 808 tonnes followed by Malaysia with 194 tonnes and Brazil exporting 95 tonnes.

Total import of whole white pepper into the US was reported to be around 1,247 tonnes, a fall by 21 per cent or 323 tonnes compared with 1,570 tonnes in the same period last year, it said

Import of ground pepper into the US, however has registered a significant increase by 20 per cent. During the first quarter, the US imported 2,253 tonnes of ground pepper, an increase of 372 tonnes when compared to imports for the same period in 2006, which was only 1,882 tonnes.

Germany was the main supplier of ground pepper into the US market with 1,138 tonnes followed by India at 654 tonnes, China at 246 tonnes and Vietnam with 89 tonnes.

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