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The Ministry of Industry in Indonesia is working to enhance the global competitiveness of the country's cocoa processing industry and establish it as a sustainable sector. Leveraging Indonesia's potential to increase cocoa's added value through downstream policies, the ministry is also focusing on boosting cocoa bean productivity and consumption of processed cocoa products. Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, Indonesia's cocoa processing industry has significantly contributed to foreign exchange, with an export value of US$ 1.12 billion in 2020. The industry, which is the world's third largest processor of cocoa, exports its products to countries like the United States, the Netherlands, India, Germany, and China. The ministry is also promoting the use of eco-friendly technology in the cocoa industry and highlights the health benefits of processed cocoa products, including chocolate, which are known to be high in antioxidants.
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Reporter: Achmad Jatnika | Editor: Wahyu T. Rahmawati KONTAN.CO.ID - JAKARTA. The Ministry of Industry (Kemenperin) seeks to increase the competitiveness of the cocoa processing industry in the global arena and become a sustainable sector. According to the Ministry of Industry, Indonesia has great potential and opportunities in increasing the added value of cocoa through downstream policies. "Along with efforts to spur the development of the domestic cocoa processing industry, the Ministry of Industry is actively promoting the increase in cocoa bean productivity and consumption of processed cocoa products," said Plt. The Director General of Agro Industry at the Ministry of Industry, Putu Juli Ardika in a press release, Sunday (28/11). Putu said that Indonesia is the third largest producer of processed cocoa in the world after the Netherlands and Ivory Coast. According to him, this strength is supported by 11 cocoa processing industries with a total installed capacity of 739,000 ...
Source: Kontan
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