Black pepper prices & market intelligence
The most used spice globally across a wide range of food and cuisines, pepper is a key market to track and understand. Expana’s platform provides black pepper prices and market intelligence covering all major producers, from India to Brazil, giving you full coverage across all production periods across the year. Include black pepper in your cost models to accurately track and reduce your COGS.
Expana – trusted source for black pepper market intelligence
Expana provides weekly black pepper price assessments and real-time market coverage across key global supply routes. With benchmark data spanning India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Turkey and Brazil, our proprietary coverage gives stakeholders clarity into pricing, shipment trends, and trade movements across the black pepper supply chain.
Our black pepper market intelligence includes:
- 21 industry-leading pepper price series, including proprietary Expana Benchmark Prices covering all major producers
- Proprietary news & editorial pepper coverage, market commentaries, and analytical pieces
- historical pricing, trends, charting tools, and cost modelling
- complimentary product tracking
Expana equips food processors, brands and traders with the timely data they need to navigate this globally significant spice market.
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Trusted data and insights, backed by experts
With Expana, you can trust that our data has been thoroughly vetted by top market analysts to ensure it is both accurate and reliable.
How we assess black pepper prices
At Expana, our pricing and market intelligence is built on transparent and consistent methodologies. Each black pepper price assessment is developed through direct engagement with a wide network of market participants across major producing and consuming regions.
We verify and normalize submitted data points to ensure accuracy, reliability, and comparability across geographies. All non-EBP (Expana Benchmark Prices) follow rigorous internal review processes, and our analysts apply judgment based on prevailing market conditions to generate objective assessments.
We continuously monitor market trends, trade flows, and macroeconomic factors to provide context alongside our pricing data, helping users make informed decisions with confidence.
Use cases
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Cost control
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Utilize our data, market fundamentals, and forecasting expertise to gain a financial edge.
Risk mitigation
Manage risks proactively and minimize your exposure to price fluctuations.
Essential intelligence for industry professionals
Expana delivers essential intelligence to industry professionals across the black pepper industry, ensuring business leaders stay informed about the latest prices and industry trends, enabling them to effectively navigate disruptions, manage prices, and deliver value to their customers.
Black Pepper Market FAQs
Yes. The Expana platform includes 20+ black pepper price series, including proprietary Expana Benchmark prices.
- Pepper plants require a large amount of water and as such regular rainfall is essential for good growth and yield. Unfavourable weather conditions, such as drier than average monsoon seasons and drought will therefore have adverse effects on production.
- White pepper commands a price premium over black pepper. This is due to higher processing costs incurred in the production of white pepper from pepper fruit (due to the removal of the flesh before drying).
- In emerging markets such as Asia, with its growing middle-class population, consumption of pepper is on the rise. If this increased demand for pepper is not met with growth in global production, it could put pressure on global pepper supplies and help to keep prices supported.
To produce black pepper, the unripe (green) fruit of the pepper plant is first cooked in hot water and then dried either naturally in the sun or artificially. During drying, the skin and flesh of the fruit become black and wrinkled and are known as black peppercorns. Black peppercorns can be traded whole or cracked, or they can be ground into a fine powder. Once ground, peppercorns can lose their flavour quickly unless stored properly and thus are usually ground just prior to use.
The largest producers are Vietnam (37% of world output), India (18%), Indonesia (14%) and Brazil (12%). The main exporters are Vietnam (49% of world exports), Indonesia (15%) and Brazil (13%).