Continue to carry out the survey of key growing provinces in 2018 in Binh Phuoc and the Central Highlands provinces, in order to assess the yield, area, yield as well as pest and disease situation in the provinces to evaluate the results. Results of pepper production in 2018, Vietnam Pepper Association (VPA) organized a business delegation to conduct field surveys in some key pepper growing areas of Binh Phuoc – Dak Nong – Dak Lak – Gia Lai, from 16 – 19/01/2018.
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Manufacturing:
95% of Vietnam's pepper area is starting to harvest in 2018, Vinh Linh pepper growing area will be harvested about half a month earlier than Se and Malaysian pepper. Autumn will be in the middle of February.
Caring for pepper gardens in Dak Song and Dak Nong
Information from the localities said that this year, pests and diseases did not appear to be concerned about adding low pepper prices, so farmers in the regions did not spray more pesticides to prevent pests and some nutritious fertilizers to feed fruits. In December as in previous years, the quality of pepper so this year may be more positive, the problem of pesticide residues on export pepper may be improved.
In 2017, the weather was unfavorable for pepper production, so the productivity of many places decreased significantly, especially in old pepper gardens, the perennial pepper land degraded, hardened as Loc Ninh, Bu Dop, Binh Phuoc … no For harvest, some districts grow perennial pepper of Dak Lak, Gia Lai … productivity decreased by 70-80%. However, in the pepper gardens of 4 – 5 years old, especially the new land, the impact level is not great, especially in the gardens that are cared for, well drained, balanced fertilizers, and agriculture. People often visit the garden. The good lands, newly planted from 2013 to 2014 such as Dak Song, Dak R’Lap … (Dak Nong) or Chu Prong, Mang Yang (Gia Lai) … productivity is still equivalent, even higher than the previous year.
In general, although the 2018 pepper yield in the whole country may decrease by 30%, Vietnam's pepper output may not decrease because the newly planted area in 2012 – 2013 this year began to be harvested. with an average national yield of about 20 quintals / ha, next year's production can completely offset the expected loss due to unfavorable weather this year. Production is estimated at 180,000 – 200,000 tons.
Market:
The domestic pepper trading market is in a poor condition, especially in the main pepper producing areas. Although the company has not yet entered the official harvest yet, the price is continuously falling, so the buying agents have not made any moves to prepare for the purchase as strongly as in the previous harvest. The main reason is that the bank is tightening loans because of high risk concerns due to low prices and due to many dealers still not daring to buy in fear of a sharp fall in prices will cause losses. In addition, it is also the reason that many agents are now turning to investment capital to buy coffee due to the expectation that daily trade in the future will be better than pepper. This situation is causing all pepper farmers to be very worried that the 2018 harvest will not be able to recover capital after a year of spending a lot of investment on pepper gardens.
Vietnam pepper according to Nedspice summarized in 2017
The overall export situation in 2017 was a very volatile year, but the export volume has reached the highest level ever, although domestic pepper prices fluctuated by nearly 50% compared to the end of 2016. due to the global supply including Vietnam, the oversupply.
According to a report of the General Department of Vietnam Customs, Vietnam's pepper export volume in 2017 reached 215,081 tons, earning more than 1.1 billion USD, up 20% in volume but down 22% in value over the same period. period 2016.
Export of agricultural products is forecasted that the trend of low prices will probably remain in 2018 due to the increasing global pepper output.
Source VPA (peppervietnam.com
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