China’s Huge Chili Pepper Market Now Open to Rwandan Exporters

Food and agriculture inspectors in Changsha, Hunan inspect imported Rwandan dried chili peppers. Image via the Rwandan embassy in China.

The Rwandan embassy in Beijing is celebrating the opening of the China market for its country’s chili pepper exporters. A 200kg shipment arrived in the central Chinese province of Hunan on Wednesday, making Rwanda the first African country to export peppers like this to China.

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