GLOBAL pepper exports fell by 16% to 122,230 tonnes during the first eight months of 2005, compared with 145,515 tonnes in the same period last year.
Brazil's crop has already hit the market and exports are likely to increase in the current quarter of the year. The final export figure for 2005 will depend mainly on the quantity of stock held in the major consuming markets. Also, expectations regarding the 2006 crop...READ MORE