VOV.VN - Vietnamese chili exports to the United States reached 163 tonnes during the opening eight months of the year, representing a sharp increase of 143.3% against the same period last year, according to the Vietnam Pepper Association (VPA).

The Vietnam Pepper and Spice Association (VPSA) forecasts that Vietnam's pepper exports this year will reach over US$1 billion, returning pepper to the group of billion-dollar commodities.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese chili exports to Taiwan (China) during the opening seven months of the year recorded robust growth of 640%, with the export volume rising sharply from five tonnes in the same period from last year to 37 tonnes, according to the Vietnam Pepper Association (VPA).

VOV.VN - Vietnam exported more than 8,000 tonnes of pepper to China during the opening seven months of the year, representing a sharp fall of 84.6% compared to the same period from last year, according to details given by the Vietnam Pepper and Spice Association (VPSA).

Vietnam’s pepper export earnings surged by 40.8% year-on-year to US$764.2 million 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).

VOV.VN - Vietnam exported 142,586 tonnes of pepper of all kinds worth US$634.2 million during the first half of the year, marking a drop of 6.8% in volume but a rise of 30.5% in value on-year, according to statistics released by the Vietnam Pepper and Spice Association (VPSA).

VOV.VN - The first half of the year witnessed Vietnam spend US$69.6 million on pepper imports, of which Brazil, Cambodia, and Indonesia made up the country’s three largest pepper supply markets.

So far this year, Vietnam has shipped abroad 114,424 tonnes of pepper worth US$493.1 million, down 13.2 in volume but up 20.6% in value over the same period last year.

VOV.VN - Vietnam raked in US$353 million from exporting 83,783 tonnes of black pepper in the initial four months of the year, marking an 11.5% increase in value year on year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

VOV.VN - Vietnam exported 1,523 tonnes of chili in March worth US$4.2 million, marking a sharp rise of 72.3% compared to February, with the Chinese market accounting for nearly 88% of the export volume, according to the Vietnam Pepper Association (VPA).