1,000 tons of Indonesian mung beans exported to China

Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - Minister of Agriculture Syahrul Yasin Limpo (SYL) released 1,000 tons of green beans to China. However, he also pushed for an increase in the downstreaming of mung beans, in order to provide added value to the national economy. "Today I and PT Haniori are exporting mung beans to China. I think symbolically this 1,000 tons is part of representing that we have strong resources in agriculture, especially mung beans," said SYL in his official statement, Monday (28/8 /2023). SYL explained that green beans produced in Indonesia as a tropical country have a comparative advantage that other countries don't have, so the demand for exports is very open. Mung bean is a food crop commodity that is much needed both domestically and abroad. "I will cooperate by doing a back-up so that tomorrow it will not only be 1,000 tons. If now Hanori is still 1,000 tons, let's target it to be 10,000 tons. We will increase the green bean planting, how much do we want, what ...