The price of Lampung Robusta coffee beans soars in Indonesia

Published 2023년 6월 2일

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The article reports a significant increase in the price of Robusta coffee beans in West Lampung, Indonesia, with the price rising from IDR 20,000 to IDR 37,500 per kilogram. The best quality coffee fetches even higher prices. Coffee is a crucial commodity in West Lampung, contributing 47% to the region's GRDP. However, the region faces a potential decline in coffee production in 2023 due to high rainfall in 2022. The article emphasizes the need for maintaining and increasing coffee production to ensure price stability for farmers and suggests diversifying farming income sources through product processing and quality improvement.

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REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, WEST LAMPUNG -- Head of West Lampung Regency Plantation and Livestock Services (Disbunnak) Yudha Setiawan said the price of Robusta coffee beans in West Lampung has jumped from around IDR 20,000 per kilogram to IDR 37,500 per kg. "The price of random coffee beans in May 2023 will range from Rp. 35 thousand to Rp. 37,500 per kilogram at the collector level," said Yudha Setiawan when contacted from the West Coast, Friday (2/6/2023). He said, the price of the best or premium quality coffee is much higher than the price of random coffee, which reaches IDR 45 thousand per kilogram. He said that West Lampung Regency has a superior commodity, namely robusta coffee which contributes 47 percent to the gross regional domestic product (GRDP) in West Lampung. He also said that currently the area of coffee plantations in West Lampung reaches 54,104 hectares with production in 2022 reaching 56,054 tons. However, the high rainfall in 2022 will have an impact on the decline in ...

Source: Republika