Perpekindo rejects the plan to ban round coconut exports in Indonesia

Published 2020년 11월 26일

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Indonesian coconut farmers are opposing a proposed export ban on round coconuts, arguing that it could lead to lower prices and increased poverty, as demand for exports currently provides high prices. The Ministry of Agriculture is considering the ban due to the negative impact on Indonesia's downstream processing industry, which suffers from a lack of raw materials due to widespread exports, particularly to China. However, farmers maintain that the export of round coconuts does not impact the availability of raw materials for domestic industries, and that the industrial sector cannot compete with the pricing of exporters.

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REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - Coconut farmers who are members of the Indonesian Coconut Farmers Association (Perpekindo) reject the plan to ban round coconut exports. The General Chairman of Perpekindo Muhaemin Tallo stated that after several years of low coconut prices, farmers are now enjoying high prices due to high export demand. "If it is prohibited, the price will again fall below the cost of production, namely the cost of harvesting, delivery and peeling. Coconut farmers will be far from prosperous, and during the Covid-19 pandemic there will be many additional poverty in rural areas," he said in a written statement in Jakarta, Wednesday. (25/11). Previously, in the RDP with Echelon I of the Ministry of Agriculture, the Chairman of Commission IV DPR Sudin asked the Ministry of Agriculture to prohibit the export of round coconuts because Indonesia was doing downstream activities by encouraging domestic processing. The domestic coconut industry lacks raw materials because round ...

Source: Republika