PT Perikanan Indonesia (Persero) has started the new year by exporting 205 tons of skipjack tuna to Japan, with plans to export at least 300 tons per month. The company sources the raw material from Indonesian fishermen and the export valuation for the start of 2023 was US$ 330,050 or Rp. 5.1 billion. The tuna is imported by Japanese companies to be processed into a key ingredient for Japanese food, katsuobushi.