Pepper

America is the native place for capsicum, where the wild species still are met. After America had been discovered, capsicums were delivered to Spain & Portugal, wherefrom was expanded all over Europe & to the Middle East. Nowadays the capsicum is cultivated throughout all the continents in the countries with subtropical & tropical climate.

This useful vegetable is well-known on the Russian market. Some varieties of sweet pepper are grown successfully in the Southern districts of Russia.

But the main part takes the importing production. Russia imported 159 938 tons of capsicum in 2014. The share of this vegetable in total vegetable import makes 6,6%. The capsicums are shipped in Russia from Turkey, Israel, China, Netherlands, Spain & Egypt.

We offer the production from Israel & Egypt. The Israel season lasts since November till April. The capsicums from Egypt are available in the same period.

country	variety	class	size	packaging
Egypt	Capsicum	1 class	(S) 60-80 mm; (M) 70-90 mm; (L) 80-100 mm; (XL) 90-110 mm	cardboard 5 kg
Israel	Bell Peppers / Sweet bites / Elongated Sweet / Peppers Elongated	1 class	(S) 60-80 mm; (M) 70-90 mm; (L) 80-100 mm; (XL) 90-110 mm	cardboard 5 kg

Beneficial features:

THE NUTRITIONAL VALUE	MICROELEMENTS (100g):	VITAMINS (100 g):
Food fibers – 2,1 g Carbohydrates – 6,03 g Proteins – 0,99 g Fat – 0,12 g Energy value: 31 kcal	Kalium – 175 mg Phosphorus – 20 mg Calcium – 10 mg Sodium – 3 mg Magnesium – 10 mg Ferrum – 0,34 mg Manganese – 0,122 mg Cuprum – 0,066 mg Zinc – 0,13 mg	А - 370 IU С - 80,4 mg B1 - 0,057 mg B2 - 0,028 mg РР - 0,48 mg B5 - 0,099 mg B6 - 0,224 mg B9 - 10 mcg E - 0,37 mcg К - 7,4 mcg

Varieties:

More than 250 species & hybrids of peppers are known nowadays, though there are only five types of capsicum.

Capsicum annuum is the most popular. Cayenne pepper, Cuban pepper & all varieties of sweet peppers belong to this type. “Annuum” means “annual”, that is not true, because some varieties are perennials.
Capsicum Chinense or “Chinese” pepper. The hottest peppers belong to this type, such as Habanero, Scotch Bonnet, Red Savina. It differs by strong fruit fragrant, reminding the apricot.
Capsicum Baccatum or “berrylike” capsicum. It is known in America as Aji Colorado Chile or Chile. This type differs by the yellow or brown stains on the blossom trusses.
Capsicum Frutescens or “bushy” pepper. The most popular varieties are Tabasco & Malaguetta.
Capsicum Pubescens or “downy” pepper. It is the less known type of the grown capsicums. Peruvian Rocotto & Mexican Manzano belong to this type. This type is the most demanding for growing.

Country of Origin:

Israel is one of the key players in global capsicum production. The most part of this vegetable is cultivated in Arava district. The 70% of district acreage is used for capsicum planting. 95% of all capsicum crop of this district is importing to EU, Russia & Ukraine.

Egypt is one of the main capsicum exporters to EU & Rossia. The main exporting variety is sweet pepper.