The International Pepper Community (IPC) is an inter-governmental organization of pepper producing countries, established in 1972 under the auspices of the United Nations – Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, consisting of India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Vietnam as full members and Papua New Guinea, Philippines as an associate member.
Together, the IPC member countries account for more than 88% of the world production and 95% in export of Pepper during the year 2016.