VIETNAM exported 89,000 tons of pepper worth $129m in the first seven months of this year.
This represents a 36.9% increase in the tonnage and a 44.3% increase in its value from the same period in 2005.
Export prices of Vietnamese pepper are now standing at some $1, 575 a tonne, $175 higher than early this year, partly because of its higher quality and the world's smaller pepper output caused by unfavourable weather conditions...READ MORE