Indonesia ships 100 tons of cabbage to Taiwan

Malang, East Java shipped 100 tons of cabbages to Taiwan amid the ongoing decline in global trade on September 3, 2020. The export comprises four containers, each weighing 25 tons, of cabbage priced at USD$2.72 per kilogram.

The containers of cabbage were only four of the 230 containers of vegetables Indonesia has exported in 2020, as of October 2020. The Ministry of Agriculture's goal is to export 300 containers by the end of 2020 as demand continue to rise.

The pandemic has led to a 9.9% decline in exports year-on-year (yoy) to $13.73 billion in July, 2020 in Indonesia. Thus the government is looking for all opportunities to boost its international trade. The World Trade Organization (WTO) predicts global trade to decline by between 13 and 32 percent in 2020.