After 76 years of independence, Indonesia is still shackled to food imports

게시됨 2021년 8월 16일

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Indonesia is struggling with food import dependency, as highlighted by the Central Statistics Agency's report showing US$ 6.13 billion worth of food imports in the first half of 2021. The country imports a variety of food commodities including meat, milk, coffee, tea, and crops due to high demand and low domestic production. Notable imports include sugar, wheat for instant noodles, and garlic, as well as salt mainly from Australia and China. The article emphasizes the need for Indonesia to increase domestic production to reduce import dependency and highlights efforts to develop the dairy industry and diversify food sources.

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Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - Tomorrow, the Republic of Indonesia (RI) will celebrate its 76th anniversary. Even though it has been more than 3/4 century, in fact, Indonesia is still struggling to get out of the shackles of food imports. The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) noted that since January-June 2021 or throughout the first semester of 2021, Indonesia has imported food of up to US$ 6.13 billion or equivalent to Rp. 88.21 trillion. Food commodities imported by Indonesia consist of various types of meat, milk, coffee, tea, to foodstuffs such as chili, garlic, pepper, soybeans. In addition, there is also corn, wheat, wheat flour, cooking oil, butter, potatoes, coconut, palm oil, to various types of spices also imported by Indonesia, such as cloves, cocoa, tobacco, and cassava. Here are some food commodities that are often imported: Sugar Sugar imports continue to increase from year to year. At least until this year, 3.2 million tons of sugar must be imported for the raw material ...

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