Export Of Indonesian Fishery Products Reaches IDR 76.8 Trillion, Most To The US-China

Director General of Strengthening Competitiveness for Marine and Fishery Products (PDSPKP) KKP Budi Sulistyo. (Photo: Theresia Agatha/VOI)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) reported that the value of fishery exports for the period January to October 2024 reached 4.8 billion US dollars (US) or equivalent to Rp. 76.8 trillion (assuming an exchange rate of Rp. 16,000).

This value increased compared to the same period last year of 4.61 billion US dollars.

The Director General of Strengthening the Competitiveness of Marine and Fishery Products (PDSPKP) KKP Budi Sulistyo targets, by the end of 2024, the value of Indonesian fishery exports will reach 5 billion US dollars.

"Regarding the strengthening of marketing fishery products, we got that in 2024 the export performance of Indonesian fishery products in the January to October 2024 period was recorded at 4.81 billion US dollars. We hope that by the end of the year or until December it can reach more than 5 (billion US dollars)," Budi said at a press conference. 2024 KKP Year-End Achievement in Jakarta, Monday, December 16.

Budi explained, there are five largest export destination countries, including the United States (US) with an export value of USD 1.56 billion, China USD 0.99 billion, ASEAN whose export value is USD 0.65 billion, Japan with an export value of USD 0.49 billion and the European Union USD 0.35 billion.

The fisheries commodities that are exported the most are shrimp, tuna tuna tuna tuna skipjack, octopus cuttle squid, crab crabs and seaweed.

"The commodities we see here are still dominated by shrimp. Then, followed by tuna tuna skipjack calalang, octopus cuttlefish, crabs and seaweed," he said.

To boost fishery exports in 2025, his party has compiled and analyzed market performance and marketing, especially for tuna skipjack and tilapia commodities.

This analysis is carried out to see potential export destination countries.

Based on the results of the analysis, the demand for US tuna is predicted to increase by 382,000 tons with the form of frozen top products.

Then in the European Union, it is estimated that the demand for tuna will reach 889,000 tons with the form of superior canned tuna products.

"Tuna di Jepang posisi (Indonesia sebagai negara ekspor tuna di Jepang) nomor 4. Sementara permintaan 2025 diprediksi 249.000 ton atau naik 4 persen. Nah, kami seharusnya dari potensi kenaikan ini bisa merebut pasar. Begitu juga tilapia. Informasi seperti ini akan kami sampaikan ke para pelaku usaha. Ini untuk meningkatkan kinerja ekspor ke depan," tuturnya.