Indonesia Most Often Buys Egyptian Dates, Here's The Data

Receipt of Award from the Governor of Marsa Matrouh Province Major General Khaled Shuaib to the Indonesian Ambassador to Egypt Lutfi Rauf/Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - Indonesia received an appreciation as the largest importer of dates from Egypt, which was marked by the receipt of an award from the Governor of Marsa Matrouh Province, Major General Khaled Shuaib to the Indonesian Ambassador to Egypt Lutfi Rauf on the sidelines of the 5th Egyptian Date Palm Festival 2022 in Siwa City. Egyptian statistics, the export value of Egyptian dates to Indonesia in the January-September 2021 period reached 10.34 million US dollars (around Rp. 148.2 billion) with a market share of 17.89 percent of the total exports of Egyptian dates to the world. Not only for commodities Dates, the Indonesian Ambassador also explained that the total increase in Indonesia-Egypt trade reached 1.63 billion US dollars (around Rp. 23.4 trillion) in January-November 2021, or an increase of 53.52 percent compared to the same period the previous year. from Egypt including rock phosphate, dates, molasses, citrus oranges, and potatoes," said Lutfi in a written statement from the Indonesian Embassy in Cairo quoted by Antara, Sunday, January 23. ari.Lutfi added the need for research and development cooperation (R & D) between Indonesian-Egyptian researchers and academics in seeing the benefits of dates.

As has been done by the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Muslim Indonesia (UMI) in collaboration with a date management institution in Madinah, KSA researched the efficacy of ajwa dates in reducing the risk of hypertension in pregnancy and lactation, as well as suppressing menopause with excellent results. Meanwhile, Khaled Shuaib representing the Egyptian government expressed his highest appreciation for the trust of the biggest importers of Egyptian dates, especially importers from Indonesia. Morocco, and Malaysia. "This award is given as an appreciation to the Indonesian Embassy in Cairo for promoting Egyptian dates to Indonesian citizens and providing assistance to Egyptian companies to conduct business communication with importers in Indonesia," said Khaled. that, the Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia Accompanied by the Trade Attache of the Indonesian Embassy in Cairo Irman Adi Purwanto Moefthi also held a meeting with the Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry of Egypt Ahmed Reda. Irman said that Indonesia was very committed to increasing its trade cooperation with Egypt. Egypt and Egypt have also imported a lot of main products from Indonesia, such as palm oil, coffee, cocoa, coconut, and spices and other products. "It is clear that Indonesian and Egyptian products complement each other, not compete," said Irman. Sudan, Libya, Mauritania and T unisia.