Increasing Indonesia green mung bean exports to China and the Philippines

Recently, a number of local farmers in Kalianak regency East Java province have successfully exported 25 MT of green mung beans to China and the Philippines with the help of the local representative of the Ministry of Agriculture. This export volume brings the total export volume of mung beans from this region to 325 MT so far in the second quarter of 2020, which is a 12% increase in comparison to the same period last year. Since 2018, this province has been the biggest producing-region of mung beans in Indonesia with the average annual production at 12 KMT, with around 30% of the production output is allocated for export.