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THE CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS - IFEAT

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Pepper OilPepper, which is known as the "king of spices", is widely grown in central upcountry and is now alsobeing cultivated in the southeastern area too. The total area under the cultivation is 31,296 ha. SriLankan black pepper has a high level of piperine and volatile oil content.A fair amount of black pepper ends up with the distillers, as farmers tend to harvest the light berrypepper. Black pepper oil is produced by the steam distillation of the dried berries.13!!"##"$%D,#90:;#)!K%-)!L#).;$0')$.!Crop production:10,800 mtOil exports: 8.5 mt!!&'()"%*#+,"%•!!"#$%&!'($')$!#*!+'++',!!!!!!-.!%/#0$!1234567%8!!!•!!"#$%&!+'++',!+,#90:;#)!!!!!!!-)!4

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