Business About Pepper

About Pepper Business:

India staged a significant role in the total international pepper trade. Vietnam, Brazil, Indonesia, and India are the heading "Black Pepper Producers". They are in the queue range of 270,192 tons, 114,749 tons, 89,041 tons, and 66,000 tons according to the survey of 2020. Here, we are going to comprehend about pepper business.

Black Gold:

Pepper is an indigenous plant to India's Malabar Coast. It's a key money crop of Kerala. So the name came BLACK GOLD. It belongs to Lucrative commodity. 

'Before starting pepper business on a large scale, we must have a GST number and an FSSAI number'

Types of Pepper:

Pepper Vines are the key to pepper production. It is germinated in moist, showery, and tropical regions. Pepper vines are heightened up to 10 meters. Then, their pepper berries are grabbed after they turn yellowish-red in colour, and dried. Once dried, the fruit is referred to as a Peppercorn. Their varieties are, 

• Black Pepper
• White Pepper
• Green Pepper

Black Pepper:

When we soiled peppercorns, they produced Black Pepper. 

Its spiciness is associated with the appearance of the chemical piperine. It is likely addon to cuisine in diverse countries along with salt. It gives a solid pungent aroma to food.

We can extract oil from black pepper, that also used in cooking and for the vigorous of our digestive and nervous systems.

Husk:

Black pepper is obtained by crushing the dried peppercorns. Once peppercorns are crushed, their outer layer are getting separated from the pepper. Those outer layers are called HUSK. Husk also has an aroma like pepper. They are also in different grades depending on their quality.

We can collect the husk and make a Powder from it. Then we sold it to many companies and hotels, especially fast food hotels. We can sell it as husk or in Powder form depending on our business needs.

White Pepper: 

While discarding the matured berries' external fragments, we got White Pepper.

White pepper has a strong aroma as compared to black pepper. The growth of white pepper needs propelled to the nutraceutical, food, and beverage industries.

Green Pepper:

Green Pepper is the fresh berries of the Pepper Vine.

Raw green pepper:

Dried pepper is three times costlier than green pepper. Green pepper is also used in pickles in various cuisines. so, we can get a lot of profit by selling green pepper in needed areas.

Business from Farmers: 

Kerala, Tamilnadu, and Karnataka are the main place for the production of pepper. So we can get pepper directly from farmers from these below-mentioned areas.

State	District	Areas
Tamilnadu	Kumari	Thalanur Pathukani Petchiparai Kothai Aaru Velimalai Karumparai
	Namakkal	Kollimalai
	Salem	Yercad
	Nilgirs	Kothagiri
	Dindigul	Sirumalai Keelmalai
Kerala	Idiki	Vayanadu Pooparai Rajakaadu
Karnataka	Shimoga	Shimoga

Table 1. List of Pepper Agriculture Areas

Kollimalai Pepper is the best among all the other areas of pepper. That pepper has a strong aroma compared to other areas.

Get from marketplaces:

Hills products are sold in the marketplaces of 

• Kottayam, 
• Panichampotu, 
• Pathukaadu, 
• Pathukaani, 
• Aarukaani, and 
• Thaadikarankonam. 

Pepper is also one of the hill products. So we can easily get pepper from these markets at the best price.

Cultivated Period:

May and June months are the Pepper flowering period. 

November and December are the pepper cultivated periods. During that cultivated period, we get pepper at the best price from farmers.

Investment:

While purchasing from farmers, they are not afforded pepper in a small range. They sell pepper in a minimum range of 50kgs for a person. So make an investment and then find a farmer and buy from him.

Pepper Market:

Pepper prices are boomed based on the market price fixed in Cochin. Some other marketplaces are 

• Alleppey
• Calicut
• Nedumangad
• Konni
• Adoor
• Pala
• Tellicherry
• Kanjangad
• Kasaragod
• Mumbai

Export To:

From India, Pepper is exported to 

• US
• Europe
• Australia
• Middle East

Import From:

Despite being the top producers of Pepper, we import pepper from the country of Vietnam. Because of the low rate of pepper price in Vietnam. We import from Vietnam, within 15 days we repack them from India, and again we export to other countries. During those 15 days, India doesn't make any import tax cost. 

Business Line Pepper:

Purchasing pepper from farmers and selling it to the customers/companies at a right time. We can earn a lot from this business both in retail and wholesale. Yes, Of Course, We Can make money from its husk Onwards. So Only the name came BLACK GOLD.