Chairman of the Vietnam Pepper Association (VPA) Do Ha Nam has advised pepper farmers to make investment in technology and clean production as the competition with foreign rivals will be fiercer.
Chairman of the Vietnam Pepper Association (VPA) Do Ha Nam has advised pepper farmers to make investment in technology and clean production as the competition with foreign rivals will be fiercer.
Vietnamese pepper is making up 60% of the global market, he cited, adding that the country’s clean pepper products are popular in the US, Germany, Europe and Japan.
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In the first six months of this year, Vietnam earned 750 million USD from selling 126,000 tonnes of pepper abroad, up 18 percent in volume but down 16% in value.
Vietnam is likely to achieve its target of exporting 180,000 tonnes of pepper in 2017 due to the globe’s surging demand, he said.
The Lam Sang Pepper Cooperative in the southern province of Dong Nai exported 300 tonnes of clean pepper to Germany and Europe in the first half of 2017, doubling the same period last year, Director Nguyen Ngoc Luan reported.
The demands from such choosy markets are huge and they are ready to order 5,000 tonnes of pepper each year, he said, noting that the most important thing is to ensure the high quality of products rather than expanding the pepper growing area.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam is home to 140,000 hectares of pepper, surpassing by 90,000 hectares as planned through 2020.
Currently, the area for growing pepper is increasing out of control.
Luan advised both businesses and farmers to pay more attention to manufacturing techniques and studying the market’s demands.
At present, Vietnamese pepper is ranked after Indian product in terms of quality and brand, but it could compete against that from Indonesia, Malaysia and Cambodia, he said.
He added that his cooperative has provided 5,000 tonnes of clean pepper to Europe over the past three year, and moves to supply for Japan in the time ahead.
(Source:VNA)
