Under a newly appoved plan to 2020 with a vision toward 2030, Vietnam’spepper plantation area will be maintained at 50,000 hectares with anoutput of 140,000 tonnes in total, the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV)Online Newspaper reported.
Under the plan, high-qualitypepper products will reach 90 percent. For product structure, blackpepper will make up 70 percent while the rest will go for white pepper.The plan aims to earn 1.2-1.3 billion USD from pepper exports by 2020.
Majorpepper cultivation will include 10,000 hectares in Binh Phuoc, 7,000hectares in Dong Nai, 7,000 hectares in Ba Ria – Vung Tau, 7,000hectares in Dak Nong, 5,500 hectares in Gia Lai and 5,000 hectares inDak Lak. The remaining of 8,500 hectares will be covered in otherlocalities across the country.
Minister of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment Cao Duc Phat urged department of agriculture and ruraldevelopment in all provinces to map out their pepper development plan inconformity with his newly appoved plan.
Phat also said localauthorities need to help their farmers with advanced farm technologiesto make their peppers meeting VietGap and Global GAP standards.
Pepper has maintained a high export value for eight consecutive years,especially over the past three years. Accounting for 30 percent involume and over 50 percent of the global market share, Vietnamese pepperhas gained prestigious status around the world, as a matter of fact,many other countries have started looking to Vietnam’s pepper sellingprice as a reference point.
Vietnam shipped abroad 92,000 tonnesof pepper in the first five months of this year, earning 645 millionUSD in export revenue. The sector has obtained a fantastic upward growthof 33.6 percent in volume and 42.3 percent in value.
Accordingto the Vietnam Pepper Association (VPA), if these figures remain steadyfor the rest of the year, Vietnam’s pepper exports in 2014 are likely toreach about 125,000–130,000 tonnes and bring in record revenue of 1billion USD.-VNA
Under the plan, high-qualitypepper products will reach 90 percent. For product structure, blackpepper will make up 70 percent while the rest will go for white pepper.The plan aims to earn 1.2-1.3 billion USD from pepper exports by 2020.
Majorpepper cultivation will include 10,000 hectares in Binh Phuoc, 7,000hectares in Dong Nai, 7,000 hectares in Ba Ria – Vung Tau, 7,000hectares in Dak Nong, 5,500 hectares in Gia Lai and 5,000 hectares inDak Lak. The remaining of 8,500 hectares will be covered in otherlocalities across the country.
Minister of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment Cao Duc Phat urged department of agriculture and ruraldevelopment in all provinces to map out their pepper development plan inconformity with his newly appoved plan.
Phat also said localauthorities need to help their farmers with advanced farm technologiesto make their peppers meeting VietGap and Global GAP standards.
Pepper has maintained a high export value for eight consecutive years,especially over the past three years. Accounting for 30 percent involume and over 50 percent of the global market share, Vietnamese pepperhas gained prestigious status around the world, as a matter of fact,many other countries have started looking to Vietnam’s pepper sellingprice as a reference point.
Vietnam shipped abroad 92,000 tonnesof pepper in the first five months of this year, earning 645 millionUSD in export revenue. The sector has obtained a fantastic upward growthof 33.6 percent in volume and 42.3 percent in value.
Accordingto the Vietnam Pepper Association (VPA), if these figures remain steadyfor the rest of the year, Vietnam’s pepper exports in 2014 are likely toreach about 125,000–130,000 tonnes and bring in record revenue of 1billion USD.-VNA
