Commission VII Food And Beverage Industry Value Has Not Been Optimized

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JAKARTA - Chairman of Commission VII Sugeng Suparwoto assessed that the national food and beverage industry has not been optimally optimized.

This can be seen during the Russo-Ukrainian war where the global food supply chain was disrupted.

According to him, the distribution of food supplies, both food and drinks, is currently stalled due to the Russo-Ukrainian war. Milk, wheat, and others, continued Sugeng, were in short supply.

"We note that the global situation is very concerning due to the war. Russia and Ukraine are world food suppliers, including China. The world's food supply chain is disrupted and has an impact on other sectors," said Sugeng in an official statement, Tuesday, June 28.

Sugeng gave an example, the currently disturbed food supply is milk and wheat. Milk, for example, the raw material continues to decline in the country, so that imports also increase.

"The contribution of domestic fresh milk raw materials continues to decline and causes an increase in imported milk raw materials from 75 percent in 2017 to 79 percent in 2021," he explained.

He said, actually if the food and beverage industry in the country is optimized, then there will be no shortage of supply, not even disturbed by the impact of war.

The development of the national food and beverage industry, continued Sugeng, has not been utilized optimally from upstream to downstream.

"The role of the Director General of IKMA at the Ministry of Industry is a necessity to be revived, awakening the domestic food and beverage industry," he concluded.