Overview This page contains the latest trade data of Pepper. In 2020, Pepper were the world's 536th most traded product, with a total trade of $4.1B. Between 2019 and 2020 the exports of Pepper grew by 5.38%, from $3.89B to $4.1B. Trade in Pepper represent 0.025% of total world trade.

Pepper are a part of Coffee, tea, mate & spices. They include Pepper of the genus Piper, whole, Capsicum or Pimenta, dried, crushed or ground, and Pepper of the genus Piper, crushed or ground.

Exports In 2020 the top exporters of Pepper  were India ($1.16B), Vietnam ($695M), China ($587M), Spain ($227M), and Brazil ($200M).

Imports In 2020 the top importers of Pepper were United States ($611M), China ($575M), Thailand ($203M), Germany ($192M), and Spain ($159M).

Tariffs In 2018 the average tariff for Pepper was 10.7%, making it the 376th lowest tariff using the HS4 product classification.

Ranking Pepper ranks 1003rd in the Product Complexity Index (PCI).

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* Using January 2020 exchange rates when trade data is reported in local currency.

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Historical Data

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Exporters and Importers

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Trade By Country

Top Origin (2020): India, $1.16B

Top Destination (2020): United States, $611M

Pepper are the world's 536th most traded product.

In 2020, the top exporters of Pepper were India ($1.16B), Vietnam ($695M), China ($587M), Spain ($227M), and Brazil ($200M).

In 2020, the top importers of Pepper were United States ($611M), China ($575M), Thailand ($203M), Germany ($192M), and Spain ($159M).

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Market Dynamics

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Trade by country

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Top Origin Growth (2019 -  2020): India, $223M

Top Destination Growth (2019 - 2020): China, $110M

Between 2019 and 2020, the exports of Pepper grew the fastest in India ($223M), Spain ($35.8M), Burma ($30.2M), China ($20.4M), and Mexico ($17.4M).

Between 2019 and 2020, the fastest growing importers of Pepper were China ($110M), Bangladesh ($78.2M), United States ($33.4M), United Arab Emirates ($25.4M), and Malaysia ($24.5M).

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Market Concentration

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Cumulative market share

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This chart shows the evolution of the market concentration of exports of Pepper.

In 2020,  market concentration measured using Shannon Entropy, was 3.79. This means that most of the exports of Pepper are explained by 13 countries.

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TOP NET EXPORTER (2020): India, $1.05B

TOP NET IMPORTER (2020): United States, $547M

This map shows which countries export or import more of Pepper. Each country is colored based on the difference in exports and imports of Pepper during 2020.

In 2020, the countries that had a largest trade value in exports than in imports of Pepper were India ($1.05B), Vietnam ($587M), Brazil ($191M), Indonesia ($98.7M), and Peru ($94.2M).

In 2020, the countries that had a largest trade value in imports than in exports of Pepper were United States ($547M), Thailand ($185M), Bangladesh ($107M), Japan ($98.2M), and Malaysia ($97.9M).

Disaggregation

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Value

In 2020, the world most traded Pepper, disaggragated by their HS6 level were Capsicum or Pimenta, dried, crushed or... ($2.47B), Pepper of the genus Piper, whole ($1.25B), and Pepper of the genus Piper, crushed... ($382M)

Country Comparison

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This visualization shows the countries that have an important ratio of their trade related to Pepper.
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Product Complexity

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Diversification Frontier

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Specialization

The Complexity-Relatedness diagram compares the risk and the strategic value of a product's potential export opportunities. Relatedness is predictive of the probability that a country increases its exports in a product. Complexity, is associated with higher levels of income, economic growth potential, lower income inequality, and lower emissions.

Country by Relatedness

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The following visualization shows the relatedness of Pepper to countries. Higher relatedness values ​​indicate greater knowledge, which predicts a greater probability of exporting that product in the future.