Minister Of Industry Agus Gumiwang: Five Food And Beverage Subsectors Have Great Potential To Be Developed

Minister of Industry (Menperin) Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

Minister of Industry Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita said there are five processed food and beverage (mamin) sub-sectors, namely tea, coffee, fruit, chocolate or cocoa, and milk has great potential to be developed, considering that raw materials are abundant and varied.

"Indonesia has been blessed with abundant diversity of biological resources, such as coffee, tea, fruit, and cocoa. Currently, this potential has been developed by the domestic processing industry to increase export-oriented added value. Several industrial sub-sectors include the cocoa or cocoa processing industry, tea, fruit processing industry, coffee industry to the dairy processing industry," said the Minister of Industry in Jakarta, quoted from Antara, Monday, August 5. He explained that the huge potential for development can be seen through the contribution of each sub-sector, such as the cocoa or brown processing industry which is currently making Indonesia the 4th largest cocoa producer in the world, as well as the 7th rank of cocoa seed producers globally. The export volume of horticultural yields reached 328 tons or the equivalent of 449 million US dollars," said the Minister of Industry. Furthermore, the Minister of Industry explained that the coffee processing industry in Indonesia reached 426.5 thousand tons in 2023, with 97.3 thousand tons of which was exported to various countries. Thus, Indonesia is in the position of the 4th largest coffee producer in the world below Brazil.

"Meskipun demikian, variasi kopi Indonesia paling banyak di antara negara-negara lainnya. Ini bisa menjadi modal utama untuk pengembangan produk dari banyaknya varietas kopi," katanya.Sedangkan untuk industri pengolahan susu dan turunannya seperti yogurt telah berhasil memberikan kontribusi masing-masing sebesar 10,7 juta dolar AS, dan 23,1 juta dolar AS pada 2023, namun Menperin menilai ekspor produk olahan susu tersebut masih bisa ditingkatkan, karena produk ini sedang berkembang di pasar domestik maupun global.