Cambodia exports 9,384 tons of pepper in the first half of the year

Si Maini, chairman of the Cambodian Pepper and Spice Federation, said that Cambodia's annual pepper production is between 17,000 tons and 20,000 tons, and the planting area covers more than 6,000 hectares. Affected by the El Nino phenomenon, pepper production this year has dropped by about 50%. Si Maini pointed out that the current price of Cambodian pepper is between 25,000 and 27,000 riels per kilogram. According to statistics from the General Department of Agriculture, Cambodia exported 6,152 tons of pepper in 2023, which was exported to China, Vietnam, Germany, South Korea, Japan, ...