31 May 2007

Demand for vanilla exports from PNG up

10:11 am on 31 May 2007

Demand for vanilla exports from Papua New Guinea is up.

The National newspaper reports Paradise Spices recently exported eight tonnes of vanilla to the US.

Managing director, Micky Puritau, is travelling to Australia next week to meet business houses such as Woolworths, Coles, and other major supermarkets and distributors to further expand the market for PNG spices.

He says the company was expected to export 50 tonnes of other spices by the end of the year and was currently exporting two to three tonnes of chillies overseas on a monthly basis.