Indonesia Targets 10 Percent Rise in Coffee Export This Year

Jakarta, 3 Jumadil Awwal 1437/11 February 2016 (MINA) – Indonesia has targeted to increase coffee export to 1.1 billion U.S. dollars this year as worldwide demands rise, a senior official at the trade ministry said on Wednesday.

Nus Nuzulia Ishak, director general of national export development at the ministry, the government still expects massive demands from the U.S. which is currently the biggest market for Indonesian coffee abroad, Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA) reported, quoting Xinhua.

The government also expects the U.S. will make up about 20 percent of the targeted value, she added.

To meet such target, the government will promote Indonesian coffee at an international exhibition organized by the Specialty Coffee Association of America, or SCAA, in Atlanta between April 14-17, said Ishak.

“Coffee consumption trend in the United States continues to rise, and Indonesia must tap into it,” Ishak told reporters in Jakarta.

The Indonesian government also hopes great demands from Russia, African countries and member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN).

Some 96 percent of Indonesia’s coffee output is from small-scale farmers, while the remainder is from state-owned companies and private.

Indonesia is the world’s fourth biggest coffee producer in 2014, according to the International Coffee Organization. (T/R07/R01)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)