Implementing the One Commune One Product (OCOP) Programme, many localities in the southern province of Binh Phuoc have effectively tapped into the potential and advantages of regional agricultural specialties to promote commodity production and unlock its rural potential.
Vietnam’s pepper export earnings surged by 40.8% year-on-year to 764.2 million USD in the first seven months of this year, despite a slight decline of 2.2% in export volume, according to the Vietnam Pepper and Spice Association (VPSA).
So far this year, Vietnam has shipped abroad 114,424 tonnes of pepper worth 493.1 million USD, down 13.2 in volume but up 20.6% in value over the same period last year.
Vietnam exported 32,000 tonnes of peppercorn worth 80 million USD in April 2019, up 19.3 percent in volume but down 6.4 percent in value compared to the same month last year.
The price of black pepper in the Central Highlands provinces has continued to plummet, hitting 80,000 – 82,000 VND per kg, a low record in the last seven years.
