THE Pepper Marketing Board Malaysia has invested about RM10mil in new processing facilities in Kuching to improve the quality of its products, general manager Grunsin Ayom said yesterday. They include a sterilisation plant and a grinding plant. Under installation is a micro-encapsulation plant.
Ayom said Malaysia exported about 21,500 tonnes of pepper worth about RM120mil last year. Exports in 2001 were valued at RM170mil.
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