Since the early 1970s, when Malaysian agricultural commodities entered the global market again, exports white pepper, black pepper and green pepper to countries such as Japan, Spain and the United States has increased continuously.
Often referred to as the “Sarawak pepper”, the state produced about 24,500 tons, or 95% of last year's production, while only 200 tons came from Johor state and 18 tons from Sabah state.
Sarawak state has 13,400 ha planted pepper on a total of 13,483 hectares pepper of Malaysia.
An interesting thing is pepper Sarawak is famous for the world-class quality that Vietnam, the manufacturer pepper leading in the world, even imported to crush pepper powder.
Pepper Sarawak is classified and certified as well as recognized by consumers and traders around the world for its consistently high quality and reliability in terms of delivery.
It can be said that Malaysians are not satisfied when exporting pepper in the form of coarse grains, instead it is necessary to actively expand the products pepper processed to adapt to international market needs.
The next challenge for the industry, especially the Council Pepper Malaysia (MPB), is expanding development and promoting production white pepper powder, cleanse the seeds black pepper Naturally, add dark black pepper of the Semonggok Perak variety and dehydrated green pepper to get a better price in the world market.
Early last year, the price White pepper peaked at about 14,690 RM / ton, in 2009 decreased to 11,370 RM / ton.
Grain prices black pepper Currently, it is 8,240 RM / ton but in January 2008, it was reduced to around 6,730 RM / ton.
At the same time, there is a growing acceptance among Western countries for the properties of Eastern spices and herbs, the prospect of pepper Malaysia can continue to expand as a new industrial tree to produce products related to medicinal herbs and perfumes.
On another note, pepper growers in Malaysia are also challenged by high production costs of around RM5.30 / kg compared to lower costs by peers in leading producing countries such as Vietnam and India. India, Indonesia and Brazil.
As part of a strategy to revitalize the industry, the ministry of commodity agricultural industries also introduced pepper cultivation in the Sarawak cluster. With this way, the output pepper Malaysia's annual growth may increase from about 20,000 tons to 30,000 tons in 2010. Many incentives are also given to encourage farmers.
Last year, Malaysia exported 13,390 tons pepper worth RM 172.1 million, is the exporter pepper ranked fifth in the world with about 24,000 tons, behind Vietnam (82,400 tons), India (50,000 tons), Indonesia (48,000 tons) and Brazil (35,000 tons). There are about 67,000 laborers involved in pepper cultivation in Malaysia.
Currently, top buyers of pepper Malaysia includes Japan, China, Singapore, Netherlands, UK and USA.
Source biz.thestar.com
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