Indonesian
President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) believes that several export commodities in
various regions in the country can be developed for penetrating foreign
markets.
Jokowi made the
statement during his speech via video conference at the Release of Agricultural
Exports, as witnessed on the Presidential Secretariat's YouTube channel on
Saturday.
"Currently,
out of the 514 districts and cities throughout Indonesia, only 293 have centers
of leading agricultural commodities for exports," the president noted at
the Bogor Presidential Palace, West Java, Saturday.
The export
commodities in several areas comprised palm products, rubber, coffee, and
various other commodities of interest to the global market. Several commodities
can still be potentially developed, he affirmed.
According to the
head of state, export commodities that can be developed comprised swallows'
nests, porang plants, jasmine flowers, ornamental plants, edamame, essential
oils for which customers have developed interest in recent years, and other
horticultural products as well as processed livestock products whose markets
are increasingly open.
The president also
called for strengthening domestic and foreign markets.
Domestically, people must be encouraged to
purchase the nation's agricultural products and to consume healthy food.
Meanwhile, foreign markets must also be pursued intensively through an
integrated system in place to penetrate non-traditional markets of foreign
countries.
Source: Antaranews
Reporter: Rangga
J, Resinta S
Editor: Rahmad
Nasution
Original published
date: 14 August, 2021
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