White Cardamom as one of potentially exported products from Indonesia

White Cardamom or Javanese Cardamom (Amomum compactum Soland ex Maton) is native plant in Indonesia, which is used as medicine and spices. The use of plants as medicine and spices relates to its compounds of secondary metabolites especially the essential oil. In Indonesia, cardamom cultivation is spread across 20 provinces in Indonesia, the widest is in West Java with 27 million square meters with a production of 62,923,519/kg (62,923 tons). The export value in 2020 is USD 64 million, 79% to China and 17% to Vietnam. Domestically, the need for cardamom is still large due to its wide use in the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries.The price of dried cardamom is between USD 6.27 - 7.66/kg