Japan Interests Renewable Fuel Commodities From The Sula Islands Regency, North Maluku

TERNATE - A renewable energy source in the form of a renewable fuel wood pellet from the Sula Islands Regency (Kepsul), North Maluku (Malut) is widely used in developed countries, especially Japan which has four seasons.

"We have carried out a series of stages of assessing places, physical examination and product health as well as supporting documents for export requirements before the issuance of the Phytosanitary Certificate," said North Maluku Quarantine Head Willy Indra Yunan as quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, March 6.

Therefore, said Willy, Japan is one of the most potential markets for Indonesian fueled wood products, especially as

According to him, there were as many as 9,501,402 tons of wood pellets produced from the first Sula Islands exported to Japan. The wood pellets produced by PT. Sumber Graha Maluku (Sampoerna Kayoe Group) in the Sula Islands are worth IDR 23.4 billion or US$ 1.6 million. Exports of wood pellets to Japan through the Port Special Terminal owned by PT. Mangole Timber Producers in Falabisaan Village, Sula Islands Regency.

On that occasion, quarantine officials carried out a series of administrative, physical, and health checks, before issuing Phytosanitary Certificate on these export commodities.

Phytosanitary Certificate is a health guarantee for exported products as well as a requirement that must be met in destination countries.

Thus, the Indonesian Quarantine Agency is fully committed to facilitating services to accelerate the export certification of animal, fish and plant commodities.

This commitment is realized in the form of digitizing quarantine services, starting from applications for online quarantine checks, PNBP payments that go directly to the state treasury, to the issuance of Physical Certificate digitally and paperless.

Willy Indra Yunan said, to maintain the spread of HPHK, HPIK, and OPTK, each export commodity must go through a series of quarantine examination stages.

The inspections carried out in addition to ensuring that wood pellet products exported are safe and free from OPTK, are also part of North Maluku's quarantine efforts in facilitating international trade.