Indonesia exports 1,000 tons of mung beans to China, worth Rp. 16.8 billion

Source: Kompas.com | Editor: Khomarul Hidayat KONTAN.CO.ID - JAKARTA. Indonesia exports green beans to China. Tuesday (29/8), Minister of Agriculture Syahrul Yasin Limpo released exports of 1,000 tonnes of green beans to China with a value of IDR 16.8 billion. According to Syahrul, the export of green beans is proof that Indonesia's agricultural sector is currently resilient even though it is faced with global challenges such as El Nino, so it needs to be encouraged to increase its downstreaming. "Today I and PT Haniori are exporting green beans to China. "I think symbolically this 1,000 tons is part of representing that we have strong resources in the agricultural sector, more specifically green beans," said Syahrul at the green bean export release event in Jakarta, quoted by Kompas.com via its official broadcast, Tuesday (29/8/ 23). He said that green beans produced in Indonesia as a tropical country have comparative advantages that other countries do not have, so the demand for ...