Wednesday, March 25, 2020

BLACK PEPPER REPORT - HIGHLIGHT ON BRAZIL FEB 2020





Production and Productivity

Brazil, known as one of the major pepper producing countries which is famous for its Black Pepper, is known to have a more competitive price as opposed to other origins. In recent year, Brazil has also surpassed Indonesia as the second largest pepper producer in the world with estimated quantity of 80,000 Mt in 2019. Brazil's increase of production could be contributed to the output of the first harvest of new plantation planted in 2017.

During 2008-2020 the area under pepper cultivation in Brazil had fluctuated. Between 2008-2013, area under pepper cultivation in Brazil saw a decrease by 37% to a total of 18,472 Ha from 29,549 Ha in 2008. The area under pepper cultivation in Brazil saw an increasing trend during 2013-2018 with an increase of 65% to a total of 30,503 Ha. In the course of 11 years between 2008-2018 total area under pepper cultivation in Brazil recorded an increase by 3% (Table 7). Furthermore, in 2019 the area under pepper cultivation in Brazil was estimated to increase by 2% as compared to 2018 to a total of 31,040 Ha. Whilst, for the year 2020 the area of pepper cultivation was projected to decrease by 1% as compared to 2019. The decrease of area under pepper cultivation in Brazil could be contributed to farmers in the last two years have stopped expanding new plantation in Para Region and Espirito Santos Region which are the main producer of pepper in Brazil.

Brazil production of pepper during 2008-2020 was reported fluctuating with a rather positive trend. In the course 11 years since 2008 pepper production in Brazil was reported to have recorded an increase of 76% as it recorded a total of 72,000 Mt in 2018 which comprised of 68,500 Mt of black pepper and 3,500 Mt of white pepper. The highest production of Brazil pepper In the course of 11 years between 2008-2018 was reported in 2018 with 72,000 Mt whilst the lowest production occurred in 2012 with 32,000 Mt. However, in the year 2019 production of Brazil pepper was estimated to increase by 11% when compared with 2018 to a total of 80,000 Mt which comprised of 76,000 Mt of black pepper and 4,000 Mt of white pepper. Furthermore, in relation to the decrease of the area under pepper cultivation as well as the lack of care for pepper plantation by farmers, in 2020 Brazilian pepper production was projected to decrease by 3% when compared to 2019 to a total of 78,000 Mt.

Pepper productivity in Brazil In the course of 13 years between 2008-2020 was reported to be fluctuated with a rather positive trend. During 2008-2020, the lowest pepper productivity in Brazil was reported in 2008 with 1,388 Kg per Ha while the highest productivity was reported in 2019 which was estimated at 2,577 Kg per Mt. The lowest decrease of pepper productivity in Brazil was reported to occur in 2016 as it recorded a 19% loss when compared with the previous year. Whilst the highest increase of pepper productivity was reported in 2017 which recorded a 45% increase as opposed to the previous year. For the year 2019, Brazil pepper productivity was estimated with an increase of 9% to 2,577 Kg per Ha whilst in 2020 Brazil pepper productivity was projected with a slight decrease by 1% to 2,541 Kg per Ha .


Pepper Export from Brazil

Brazil, known as the second largest pepper producer in the world, had managed to take the second largest pepper exporter position from Indonesia in 2017. Since 2008 until 2019 there had been a significant increase of 131% or 48,091 Mt in the quantity of pepper export from Brazil which was mainly dominated with black pepper as it contributed to 94% of the total export figures (Table 8). The highest pepper export occurred in 2019 with 84,676 Mt whilst the lowest export occurred in 2012 with 29,129 Mt. In 2019, pepper export from Brazil was reported at 84,676 Mt, an increase by 17% as opposed to the previous year. Furthermore, as of February 2020, pepper export from Brazil was reported at 15,922 Mt which comprised of 15,285 Mt of black pepper and 637 Mt of white pepper, thus, recording a decrease of 8% as compared to the same period in 2019.

The number of pepper exports from Brazil had reportedly fluctuated in the last 14 months. The total export by Brazil in the past 14 months was reported at 100,597 Mt with total value as high as USD 210.4 Million. The average pepper export from Brazil was reported to be 7,186 Mt per month. The highest pepper export of Brazil occurred in October 2019 which reached 11,119 Mt whilst the lowest was reported in July 2019 with 3,046 Mt . The high level of exports during that period (October) correlated closely to Brazil harvest season.

Pepper from Brazil is exported to various countries in Asia, Europe, America and Africa (Table 10). During January 2019-February 2020, the top 10 country of destinations for Brazilian pepper were reported to be Viet Nam with 17,517 Mt (Contributed to 17% of the total pepper export during January 2019-February 2020), Germany with 13,127 Mt (13%), United States of America with 10,294 Mt (10%), Morocco with 7,817 Mt (8%), Egypt with 6,581 Mt (7%), India with 5,791 (6%), Mexico with 4,554 Mt (5%), Pakistan with 4,301 Mt (4%), United Arab Emirates with 3,779 Mt (4%) and France with 3,272 (3%).


Pepper Export Price

Brazil pepper export price had fluctuated significantly in the past three years which could be attributed to the world supply of pepper significantly exceeding the global demand. In 2018, the average pepper export price for Brazil was reported at USD 2,835 per Mt with the highest prices recorded in January with USD 3,509 per Mt whilst the lowest price was reported in November with USD 2,195 per Mt. In 2019, Brazilian average pepper export price was reported at USD 2,148 per Mt, recording a decreased of 24% as compared to 2018. In 2019, the highest average price was reported to have reached USD 2,316 per Mt (July 2019) whilst the lowest average price was reported in November with USD 2,002 per Mt. As of February 2020, the average pepper export price for Brazil was reported at USD 1,940 per Mt, recording a 12% decreased as compared to the same period in 2019


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