Until April 2020, Indonesian spice exports rose 19.28% to US $ 218.69 million

Published 2020년 6월 25일

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The Indonesian Ministry of Trade has reported a 19.28% increase in the country's spice exports in the first four months of 2020 compared to the same period last year, totaling 218.69 million. Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, demand for spices has risen, with pepper piper, clove, nutmeg, and cinnamon powder being the most exported. However, the pandemic has also posed challenges such as closed laboratories for testing, closed international commercial airports, reduced demand from importing countries, and supply chain disruptions.

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Reporter: Lidya Yuniartha | Editor: Noverius Laoli KONTAN.CO.ID - JAKARTA. The Ministry of Trade (Ministry of Trade) noted that the export of Indonesian spices from January to April 2020 reached 218.69 million. The Ministry of Trade's Export Product Development Director Olvy Andrianita said, despite Covid-19, the demand for spices still increased. "In January-April, we noted that there were US $ 218 million, an increase of about 19.28% compared to the same period the previous year," Olvy said in the Spices Diversification and Adaptation Strategy webinar at the time and after the Covid-19 pandemic, Thursday (6/25). Meanwhile, in the January-April 2020 period, the most exported spices were pepper piper (whole) with a value of US $ 40.88 million or around 18.7% of the total export of spices, clove (whole) valued at US $ 37.26 million (17.04%), nutmeg (whole) valued at US $ 26.47 million (12.11%), cinnamon powder valued at US $ 25.38 million (11.61%), there is also Mace with a value ...

Source: Kontan