JAKARTA - Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KP) Sakti Wahyu Trenggo stated that he had predicted that the case of Cesium-137 (Cs-137) radioactive substance contamination in Indonesian shrimp production would be in the great spotlight.
He conveyed this prediction to the Head of the Marine and Fishery Product Quality Control and Supervision Agency (Badan Mutu) Ishartini.
According to him, since July 2025, he has predicted that the issue will heat up three months after the first incident.
"At the first time the incident occurred, I told Mrs. Ishartini (Head of the KKP Quality Agency) that three months later it would be crowded," Trenggono said in his remarks at the export release ceremony at Tanjung Priok Port, Jakarta, Wednesday, December 3.
"At that time it happened in July. So when July the incident was still calm. July was calm, August was calm, there was a lot of it in October, November," he continued.
Trenggono emphasized that his party immediately carried out intensive treatment from the first day, considering that the shrimp industry involved many parties who depend on it.
"Our shrimp pond area is 247,803 hectares and it's traditional. It's not less than 15 million people depending on their lives there," he said.
He considered that the shrimp industry involved many parties such as the farmer association who had expressed concerns over the issue of the contamination.
His party tried to calm the farmers while ensuring the handling process was running optimally and now Indonesia is back exporting shrimp to the United States (US) after being declared free from radioactive Cesium-137 (Cs-137).
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Exported shrimp has met Cs-137 free certification requirements according to United States Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) standards.
As for today, Monday, December 3, 2025, Indonesia again sent 182 tons of certified shrimp to the US worth Rp25 billion through ports in Jakarta and Surabaya.
Indonesia is ready to export shrimp again until the end of December 2025, reaching 292 containers weighing 5,000 tons with a total value of Rp900 billion.
Thus, from October 31 to the end of December 2025, shrimp exports to the US will reach 605 containers or 10,000 tons with a value of IDR 1.8 trillion.
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