Agriculture commodity
Black Pepper
Piper nigrum — Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania, Cameroon, DRC
At a glance
- Family
- Spices & Aromatics
- Sector
- Agriculture
- HS code
- 0904.11
- Forms
- 2
Traded forms
- Whole Peppercorns
- Dried whole black pepper
- Crushed or GroundHS 0904.12
- Ground black pepper
Grading standards
Black Pepper and White Pepper — Specification
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) · 1998 (parts 1 & 2) · ISO 959:1998
Source Black Pepper
Verified black pepper, inspected and contract-ready.
Frequently asked
- What is Black Pepper?
- Piper nigrum — Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania, Cameroon, DRC
- Which forms is Black Pepper traded in?
- Black Pepper is traded as: Whole Peppercorns, Crushed or Ground.
- Which standards apply to Black Pepper?
- Applicable grading standards include: Black Pepper and White Pepper — Specification.
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