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From Vietnam October 6, 2009
Typhoon No. 9 cause broken down about 1,000 hectares pepper in Gia Lai, Dak Lak
According to sources from local, Typhoon No. 9 caused severe damage; Particularly for pepper plants, about 1,000 hectares broken down, debris, including Gialai about 500 hectares , Dak Lak province about 400 hectares.

In Chu Se district, Gia Lai province, according to information from the Association Chu Se Pepper said incomplete statistics: More than 152,000 pillars equivalents about 75 hectares broken down completely and hundreds of hectares were put crushed pepper reduced yield of 20%.
Preliminary assessment on production crop 2009, due to weather conditions are not favorable, production of pepper reduction 40% in compared with crop 2008. This will strongly impact the supply, demand, pricing pepper domestic market and export-import market pepper in 2010.
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