Organic Black Pepper Seeds

Pepper or black pepper is the dried unripe fruit grown in the plant called piper nigrum. Its pungent smell, peppery/hot taste and health-friendly properties make pepper a favorite spice all over the world and it is commonly used in all cuisines. Peppercorn or pepper has wide applications in the culinary industry where three different categories of pepper like black pepper, white pepper, and green pepper are used. They are all made out of a single fruit and different processing methods turns the fruit into three varieties of pepper.

Pepper flourishes well in hot and humid climate along with good rain. Southern India and Vietnam favors pepper production very well. This is the reason that 95% of the world pepper grows in these countries. Indonesia, Malaysia, Brazil, Vietnam, and Srilanka are also other major pepper producing countries. In India, Kerela is the home of pepper production followed by Karnataka and Maharashtra. The US and EUROPEAN countries demand the major share of production.

The price movement of pepper is affected by the climatic conditions as well as by the demand and supply curve. It is one of the popular spices which are traded in the commodity market. In India, it is traded on MCX and NCDEX in MT as the delivery and trading unit. Indian pepper & spice trade association is a major organized hub where pepper is traded. Global physical markets of pepper are NEW YORK, SINGAPORE, and ROTTERDAM and in INDIA its COCHIN, ALLEPPEY, CALICUT, KELPATTA, and MUMBAI which are the major hubs.