Pepper exports post high value in seven months

Vietnam shipped abroad 78,000 tonnes of pepper in the first seven months of the year, fetching US$420 million, equal to last year’s total value.

According to President of the Vietnam Pepper Association (VPA) Do Ha Nam, the two largest importers of Vietnamese pepper, the US and Germany, were followed by the Netherlands, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt.

At the moment, Vietnam has almost completed this year’s pepper harvest with an estimated output of 100,000-110,000 tonnes, equal to the volume of 2010.

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