Vietnam Pepper Firms Look to Egyptian Market
The Vietnam Pepper Association (VPA) has sent a trade delegation to Egypt, on a five-day working visit from May 22, to conduct market research and ramp up pepper exports to the potentially huge market.
The 25-member delegation, led by VPA President Do Ha Nam, includes representatives of 15 domestic pepper and spice processors and exporters, according to the Ministry of Trade.
During the visit, the delegation will visit freight depots and seaports, and work with Egypt’s customs and goods assessing agencies at Alexandria port.
On May 24, the delegates will attend a seminar titled “Vietnam’s pepper and spices: flavors for the Egyptian market”, organized by the Vietnamese Commercial Service in Egypt.
The seminar expects to draw participation of representatives from 45 local pepper importers and exporters.
Vietnam, the world’s largest black pepper exporter, earned US$195 million from exporting 116,000 tons of pepper to 73 countries and territories in the world last year. Seventy per cent of the earnings came from pepper shipments to India, Pakistan, Germany, the US, Russia, Holland, Singapore, Egypt, and Poland. (Local sources)
Vietnamese
