The average export price up 39% year-on-year to $4,308 per ton.
Vietnam exported 113,000 tons of pepper in the first five months of the year, earning $487 million, figures from the General Department of Vietnam Customs showed.
The figures represent a year-on-year reduction of 14.1% in volume but a rise of 19.7% in value, the Cong Thuong online newspaper has reported.
In May, 30,000 tons of pepper were exported, worth $135 million, up 3.7% in volume and 49.9% in value, compared to the same month of last year.
The average export price of Vietnamese pepper in the five-month period reached $4,308 per ton, surging by 39.3% year-on-year.
Key export markets include the US, India, Germany, the Netherlands, South Korea and Egypt.
