Pepper prices in Vietnam have decreased in several provinces due to a positive outlook in the pepper export market. Indian black pepper prices increased by 1% on average, while Indonesian and Malaysian pepper prices also saw increases. China's export white pepper market also rose by 9%. In contrast, the price of rubber delivered in March 2021 at the Tokyo Commodity Exchange recorded a decrease of 1.54%, while at the Shanghai Commodity Futures Exchange, the price of RSS3 rubber delivered in March 2021 adjusted to a 1.24% increase. The US import of natural rubber in January 2021 reached 63.37 thousand tons, with Vietnam being the fourth largest natural rubber supplier to the US, up from 6.61% in January 2020.