Factors that affect the price of black peppercorn include harvesting volume, weather disturbances, overproduction or under production, crop diseases, processing cost, equipment cost, demand, transporation cost, yield and price from competing countries and trade policies and agreements.
- Harvesting volume
- Weather disturbances leading to low harvesting
- Overproduction or under production
- Crop diseases and pest-related disturbances
- Processing cost and equipment cost
- Demand in major destination countries and supply volume
- Internal transportation cost and international ocean freight/air freight cost
- Yield from competitor countries and price offered
- Trade policies and agreements