MUMBAI (Commodity Online): Pepper futures rose Tuesday as traders created fresh positions on the back of rising domestic demand amid thin supply.
In NCDEX pepper March contract is trading at Rs.29950 per quintal, higher by 1.21 per cent on 15:40 IST against the previous close.
In the morning session the contract traded at a range of Rs.30150-29660 per quintal. Open interest of the contract is 3144 lots and volume traded is 1597 lots for the time being.
According to Spices Board of India, exports of Pepper during April 2011- November 2011 stood at 17,000 tonnes as compared to 11,850 tonnes in 2010-11, rise of 43.6%.
According to International Pepper Community (IPC) exports of Black Pepper during January to October 2011 from six major exporting countries (Brazil, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam and Sri Lanka) was around 2.04 lakh tonnes a decline of 4.6% as compared to 2.14 lakh tonne in the same period last year.
