4 Tons Prime Salak Banyuwangi Exported to Hong Kong

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, SURABAYA - Head of Surabaya Agricultural Quarantine, Musyaffak Fauzi revealed, his party has facilitated the export of the first 4-ton salak fruit from Banyuwangi to Hong Kong. The horticultural sub sector commodity was declared free of plant disease pests according to the snakefruit export requirements protocol to Hong Kong. These include free Bactrocera carambolae, Bactrocera papayae, Dysmicoccus brevipes, and Marasmius palmivorus. Musyaffak appreciated the salak farmers from Banyuwangi who successfully sent their products for the first time to the global market. "We are creating farmers and agribusiness entrepreneurs in Banyuwangi who have been able to enter the global market," Musyaffak said, Monday (6/15). Purnomo SW, representative of PT. CCI as an exporter said that previously the company had made zalacca exports to China. He was grateful, even though during the pandemic he could penetrate new markets, namely Hong Kong. Head of the Agriculture Quarantine ...