Pepper Output to Fall 30% to 20,000 Tons in Vietnam Highlands Province
Total pepper output in Vietnam’s central highlands province of Gia Lai is expected to drop 30% from a year earlier to 20,000 tons.
Bad weather and pest attacks in 2009 caused the reduction.
In the domestic market, pepper is offered at VND40 million-VND41 million (US$2,094-US$2,146) per ton, down by VND7 million-VND8 million to that in 2009 crop.
Vietnam is expected to produce 100,000 tons of pepper this year, unchanged from the previous crop, the Vietnam Pepper Association said.
In 2009, the country exported 137,000 tons of pepper valued at US$356 million.
Tags: Vietnam Pepper, Vietnam Pepper Output
Posted by VBN on Mar 24 2010. Filed under Agriculture. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry
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