JAKARTA - Minister of Agriculture (Mentan) Syahrul Yasin Limpo claims the agricultural sector is resistant to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic which has caused negative economic growth in other sectors. Throughout 2020 until the second quarter of 2021, the agricultural sector has always grown positively.
"GDP growth according to business sector in the second quarter of 2021, agriculture still grew 14.27 percent. This shows that we have never been in a minus, we continue to experience growth," he said in a virtual press conference, Thursday, August 5.
In addition, said Syahrul, the Farmer's Exchange Rate (NTP) during the COVID-19 pandemic also continued to increase, from 99.47 in May 2020 which was the lowest value last year, to 103.59 in June 2021. When compared with last month, Syahrul said. NTP rose 0.19 percent from May 2021 at 103.39.
The Agricultural Business Exchange Rate (NTUP) in June 2021 was 103.88, down 0.16 percent compared to May 2021 at 104.4. However, NTUP has continued to increase since at its lowest level during the pandemic, which was 100.16 in May 2020.
Meanwhile, in the second quarter of 2021, the agricultural sector experienced the smallest growth compared to other sectors, which was only 0.38 percent (yoy).
However, he continued, it is known that the basis for the growth of other sectors is more than two percent because last year experienced negative growth. Meanwhile, growth in the agricultural sector in the second quarter of 2020 was 2.19 percent.
Not only that, said Syahrul, exports from the agricultural sector rose 15.79 percent in 2020. Then, in the first quarter of 2021, it grew 40.29 percent compared to the previous year to Rp. 277.95 trillion.
Syahrul said the value of agricultural exports was predicted to continue to increase in the remainder of the year 2021. Syahrul said he was preparing agricultural exports with a value of up to IDR 6.8 trillion in August 2021.
"This August, we will conduct Independent Exports at 17 existing gates nationally and show the trend of agricultural export travel in destination countries is still quite open," he said.
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