These Are The Soybean Soybean States To Indonesia, America's Largest!

Soybeans to Indonesia (Unsplash)

YOGYAKARTA - The skyrocketing price of soybeans at the beginning of this year has made tempe and tofu producers shocked.

They had to stop producing. It's time for us to discuss soybean supply countries to Indonesia!

Although it is a staple food, some of the population in the country, soybeans that are the raw material for tempeh and tofu come from imports.

This causes the price to change easily according to the development of world prices.

According to data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), Indonesia imports 2.49 million tons of soybeans with a nominal value of up to 1.48 billion US dollars in 2021.

The United States is the largest soybean supplier with a nominal value of US$ 1.29 billion. This nominal is commensurate with 86.5 percent of the total imports of Indonesian soybeans. Meanwhile, the volume was recorded at 2.15 million tons or 86.3 percent of the total volume.

Canada is in second place with a nominal import of soybeans of 135.89 million US dollars and a volume of 232 thousand tons. Argentina followed in the next position with a nominal import of 52.08 million US dollars and a volume of 89.95 thousand tons.

Soybean imports from Brazil into the country were recorded at 5.34 million US dollars and a volume of 9.2 thousand tons. From Malaysia, Indonesia imported 2.46 million tons of soybeans and a volume of 5.5 thousand tons.

United States of America

The import value is 1.29 billion US dollars

Import volume 2.15 million tons

Canada

Value: 135.89 million US dollars

Volume: 232,009 tonnes

Argentina

Value: 52.08 million US dollars

Volume: 89,951 tonnes

Brazil

Value: 5.35 million US dollars

Volume: 9,238 tonnes

Malaysia

Value: 2.46 million US dollars

Volume: 5,547 tonnes

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