Indonesia ships agri-products worth Rp586.7 billion to 26 countries

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Agriculture Minister Syahrul Yasin Limpo has released shipments of 13.19 thousand tons of agricultural products worth Rp586.7 billion (US$41 million) to 26 countries. The destination countries include the United States, Britain, Poland, Japan, South Korea, China, Thailand, and Latvia, he informed. "This export is a concrete step in following President Jokowi's (Joko Widodo's) instructions," he said at the Jakarta International Container Terminal Office (JICT) Tanjung Priok, Jakarta, on Thursday. He informed that at the time agricultural exports were released on August 17, 2021, the export rate had increased slightly by Rp7.2 trillion (almost US$504 million) in just 7 days in 341 districts and cities. The increase illustrated that there are many products that can be used as export commodities, such as ants, larvae, and maggots, the minister said. One example were the black and red Papuan ant nests that were exported to South Korea, he ...