VIETNAM has recorded a major boost in pepper exports over the first seven months of this year, thereby comfortably maintaining its position as the world's largest pepper exporter.
Between January and July the country exported a total of 89,000 tonnes of pepper, valued at $130m, a gain of 36.9% in volume terms and 44.3% by value from the same period of 2005. European traders confirmed that these figures sounded feasible...READ MORE