Malaysian Pepper Board eyes foreign investors

Uptrend: White and black pepper from Sarawak Pepper. Malaysia’s pepper production rose to 34,294 tonnes in 2019, from 32,292 tonnes in 2018.

KUCHING: The Malaysian Pepper Board is working to attract foreign firms to venture into large scale pepper cultivation as it bids to boost the country’s spice production.

The board is also doubling efforts to expand exports of pepper to other other countries including Singapore, according to director-general Stanley Liew.