JAKARTA The export performance of water and alcohol-free drinks (HS code 2201-2022) Indonesia recorded a significant increase in 2024.
Based on data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), the export value of products in the HS 2201-2202 category exceeded 164.21 million US dollars, growing 34.36 percent compared to the previous year's achievement of 122.21 million US dollars.
Apart from the value side, export volume also shows solid strengthening where in 2024, export volume reached 323.55 thousand tons, an increase of 27.95 percent on an annual basis (year on year / yoy).
Meanwhile, the Philippines is the largest market with a contribution of 23.61 percent to total exports in 2024, or the equivalent of 38.77 million US dollars, followed by Vietnam with 12.76 percent or equivalent to 20.96 million US dollars, Singapore with 9.96 percent equivalent to 16.35 million US dollars, Malaysia around 8.57 percent equivalent to 14.08 million US dollars and Timor Leste with 7.23 percent equivalent to 11.87 million US dollars.
The latest position, January-April 2025, the export value reached 77.47 million US dollars and volume reached 143.26 thousand tons, an increase of 73.45 percent (yoy) each for value and 71.16 percent (yoy) for volume.
Senior Economist of the Indonesian Export Financing Agency (LPEI) or Indonesia Eximbank Donda Sarah explained that this achievement marks the momentum for the national non-alcoholic beverage sector to continue to strengthen in the global market.
According to him, the cumulative export growth from January to April 2025 was mainly driven by increased exports to a number of major partner countries, such as the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and Timor Leste.
"We are optimistic that this positive growth trend will continue in the next few years, driven by strong demand from trading partner countries," he said in his statement, Monday, June 16.
Donda said that in the midst of a number of challenges in the form of competition with other exporting countries, rapid changes in consumer preferences, as well as global macroeconomic conditions full of uncertainty, opportunities to innovate and expand the export market of water and beverages without alcohol remain wide open.
He conveyed globally, Indonesia is still ranked 31st in the world as the exporter of mineral water products (HS 2201) and ranked 45th for experimental mineral water (HS 2202).
According to him, the limitations of mastery of technology and innovation faced are challenges that need to be overcome so that Indonesian products are able to penetrate the large markets of countries such as China and Japan, which have considerable market potential but have not been exploited.
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Donda explained that as a special financial institution aimed at encouraging national export growth, Indonesia Eximbank stated its readiness to support exporters in the water and alcoholic beverage industry in developing their business capacity to the international market.
He explained that until now, his party has provided financing and assistance to various companies in the Fast-moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) sector and the food industry, both to encourage exports of products and factory expansion abroad.
"This momentum must be used optimally to make Indonesian products from the water sector, beverages without alcohol, FMCG, and food as world-class export icons," said Donda.
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