According to industry experts, local pepper exporters can also take advantage of the UK’s supply shortages to increase exports of its key items such as pepper to the country as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Brexit and the international sanctions against Russia have resulted in a supply instability and scarcity in the UK.
Currently, the UK is the second-largest importer and consumer of pepper in Europe after Germany and Vietnam’s pepper exports to the UK market have surged positively in recent years.
In 2020, Vietnam shipped 5,621 tonnes of pepper to the UK, raking in US$48 million of the total 14,000 tonnes and US$121…
