Indonesia to boost agricultural, plantation downstream industry to increase export

The government aims to enhance the processing of coconuts into high-value derivatives such as coconut milk and virgin coconut oil. “The value could increase 100-fold. On average, it could generate Rp2,400 trillion. If we take half of that, multiplied by 50, it could generate Rp1,200 trillion in foreign exchange. And that’s just from coconuts,” Amran told a press conference at the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta on Thursday, October 9, 2025. In addition to coconuts, the government also targets gambier for downstream processing. Indonesia currently supplies 80 percent of the world’s demand for gambier, which can be processed into election ink, betel nut mixture ingredients, and even shampoo. Amran further emphasized that all export raw materials, including crude palm oil (CPO), should be processed domestically. “Especially commodities under government control, like palm oil, we want to process from fresh fruit bunches into FAME or biofuel, cooking oil, margarine, or butter. The added ...