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Article: PEPPERMINT OIL SHORTAGE TRIGGERS PRICE RISE
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- August 30, 1999
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AsiaInfo Services
08-30-1999
Peppermint Oil Shortage Triggers Price Rise
CHINA, August 30, AsiaPort -- The shortage of peppermint oil in recent
years has resulted in price rise and the current price, standing at RMB
5-6/kg, is expected to stand firm in the near future. China is a large
peppermint oil producer and exporter with annual output reaching some 8,
000 tons. But in recent years Indian agricultural scientists have
cultivated a new kind of peppermint oil. The successful cultivation of
the new high-yield mint, whose peppermint oil two times ...