Coffee production in Indonesia in 2024 is projected to increase

Reporter: Diki Mardiansyah | Editor: Noverius Laoli KONTAN.CO.ID - JAKARTA. Coffee production in Indonesia next year is projected to increase. This large coffee production is an effort to meet domestic coffee needs, in addition to still importing coffee from Vietnam. Irwan SP, a Lampung coffee farmer, said that the impact of the 2023 long dry season is very positive for farmers' coffee fertilization and it is certain that the coffee harvest from May to October 2024 will increase quite significantly when compared to the 2023 coffee harvest. Irwan explained that even though there was a fairly large harvest, Indonesia still needed coffee imports from Vietnam. Coffee imports will continue to be carried out, especially by food industries whose raw materials are coffee. "The price of Vietnamese coffee is cheaper than Indonesian coffee, so cost is a consideration," said Irwan when contacted by Kontan.co.id, Friday (10/12). He said, to increase coffee production in Indonesia, one of the ...