Indonesia’s coffee exports surpass imports

Indonesia’s coffee exports have surpassed imports for 47 consecutive months since May 2020, the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) has reported.

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Jakarta (VNA) – Indonesia’s coffee exports have surpassed imports for 47consecutive months since May 2020, the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) has reported.

According to BPS, the value of Indonesia’s coffee imports inMarch this year reached 32.07 million USD. The country mainly imported coffeefrom Vietnam and Brazil. However, Indonesia's coffee exports were stillhigher than those it bought from other countries.

BPS Acting Head Amalia Adininggar Widyasanti said Indonesia’scoffee imports in March increased by 18.04%, but the country exported 87.45 million USD worth of the product in the same month.

She said theresult contributed to bringing Indonesia's coffee trade surplus to a totalof about 55.38 million USD in March. Along with Brazil, Vietnam and Colombia,Indonesia is one of the world's largest coffee producers.

The Indonesian government has recently issued policies to support coffeeproduction development such as giving farmers access to preferential loans and investing in modern processing equipment. However, hot weather due to El Niñois affecting the harvest yield of coffee plantations, she added./.

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