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Indonesia plans to stop importing sugar and salt for domestic consumption by next year, as part of a strategy to reduce import dependence and achieve full food self-sufficiency within three years. The country aims to increase its sugar production from 2.4 to 2.6 million tons by 2025 and produce approximately 2.25 million tons of salt. However, Indonesia will still import foreign salt for industrial production. The country relied heavily on imports in 2023, bringing in about 5.1 million tons of sugar from Thailand and Brazil.
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Indonesia will stop importing sugar and salt for domestic consumption next year. This was announced by the Asian country's Coordinating Minister for Food Affairs Zulkifli Hasan. "Starting next year, we will no longer import salt and sugar for consumption," the Jakarta Globe quotes him as saying. The minister noted that in 2025, sugar production in Indonesia will increase from the current 2.4 to 2.6 million tons. In addition, next year, the authorities plan to produce about 2.25 million tons of salt for domestic consumption. According to Zulkifli Hasan, this will be enough to meet the population's demand. The publication notes that Jakarta will continue to purchase foreign salt for industrial production. According to the Central Statistics Agency of Indonesia, in 2023, the country imported about 5.1 million tons of sugar. The largest suppliers were Thailand (2.4 million tons) and Brazil (1.5 million tons). On August 15, Indonesian Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Suleiman said that ...
Source: Kvedomosti
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