date:May 31, 2021
be rather large quantities available this year. Demand has been high in the local market for the past few weeks and it is expected that the demand abroad will be satisfying as well.
China: Slow sales put pressure on prices
In 2020 pepper season, China's pepper planting area reached 814,000 hectares, an increase of 1.9% year-on-year, and the output was 19.6 million tonnes, an increase of 3.1% year-on-year. In terms of import and export, China's pepper imports in 2020 will be 49,800 tonnes, and