India eyes Japan’s spice market
(Press Trust of India: April 13) India is eyeing Japan for marketing various spices products. Problems of agri chemical residues and the difficulties in exporting spices like fresh ginger, chillies, garlic, currently experienced by China are throwing up opportunities for expanding Indian exports of these products to Japan, spices board sources here said.
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WPB Week #14/08, 31 Mar – 04 Apr 2008
Black Pepper: The market remained quiet during the week with an indication of uptrend at the week end. Activities at origins continued to be calm due to lack overseas demand. The economic recession in the United States and the wait and see policy adopted by buyers seems to be the factor influencing the demand. Vietnam, the largest pepper supplier is now in the peak of its harvesting season.
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IPC Experts on Quality and IPM to meet in Kuching, Malaysia
The International Pepper Community will be holding Experts Meeting on Quality and Meeting of Experts Group on Integrated Pest Management (IPM) for Pepper from 17th - 19th June 2008 at Malaysian Pepper Board, Kuching, Malaysia.
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WPB Week #13/08, 24 – 28 Mar 2008
Black Pepper: In general, the market was quiet with limited activity. In India the market showed a slow down. Pepper futures market which has experienced volatility, declined on Wednesday, 26 March on bearish activities.
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