Despite large pepper production, Indonesia mainly only exports raw pepper

The domestic pepper production in Vietnam is quite large. Vietnam is now only focusing on exporting raw materials, which are lower in value compared to the value-added pepper product. By-products from peppers include black and white pepper powder, red pepper, green pepper in brine, etc. Within the value-added peppers, there is a huge price variation: white pepper has a high export value, but only accounts for 10-15% of total output, resulting in low value for the domestic pepper industry.