Ministry supporting development of processed cocoa industry in Indonesia

Currently, Indonesia is still importing downstream processed cocoa products so we need to push for downstream production... Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Industry Ministry has continued to encourage the development of the processed cocoa downstream industry as Indonesia is the third-largest exporter of processed cocoa products globally and contributes 9.17 percent to the global market share . "We have the opportunity to develop our processed cocoa industry, especially for the downstream. Currently, Indonesia is still importing downstream processed cocoa products so we need to push for downstream production in order to reduce imports," the ministry's director general of agro industry, Putu Juli Ardika, informed in a statement released on Saturday. According to the ministry, Indonesia is currently the seventh-largest cocoa producer in the world and ranked third as a processed cocoa producer after the Netherlands and Ivory Coast, based on data from the International Cocoa Organization ...