A Number Of Dutch Companies Ready To Import Indonesian Agriculture Products

Photo: Doc. Antara

JAKARTA - A number of Dutch companies are interested and ready to import Indonesian agricultural commodities as a result of the exhibition of Indonesian agricultural products and MSMEs at the International Free From Functional Food Expo (IWE) and followed up on business matching.

Based on an official statement in Jakarta, Tuesday, November 29, quoted by Antara, there are at least seven Dutch companies interested in buying Indonesian agricultural products, namely Interaromat BV, Pacisic Spices, Ogilvy BV, Four Trade BV, Twisted Concepts BV, Twisted Concepts BV, Tokopoint BV, and a number of local food importers.

The Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to the Netherlands Mayerfas expressed his appreciation to the Ministry of Agriculture through the UPLAND Project and IPB Alumni Association for consistently fostering farmers in increasing the capacity and quality of agricultural products so that they are ready to penetrate the international market.

The Indonesian Embassy, The Hague, in collaboration with the IPB Alumni Association (HA IPB) and BINA BV held the Indonesia Pavilion at the IWE exhibition in Amsterdam and business gathering at Rotterdam.

Various products with the best quality are displayed by Indonesian farmers and MSMEs at exhibitions such as rice, pepper, food-drinking products, coffee, vegan snacks, health or herbal drinks, black and white paper seeds and mangosteen peer which are starting to be glimpsed by Dutch importers.

"This Expo is a bridge and means to expand networks between various stakeholders in the free from and functional food product business, including retailers, R&D, food service, health industry and professionals in the food sector," said Ambassador Mayerfas.

The Indonesian Embassy in the Haag Sabbat, Christian Jannes, said that this exhibition was the first participation of the Indonesian delegation in the expos and hoped to continue to take part in the next agenda to promote Indonesian products more widely to the international market.

Sabbat Christian conveyed that the market potential for Indonesian products is quite large and potential, including organic spice products and other agricultural products. Coffee, kemiri, cinnamon, and pepper products have great opportunities in the Dutch market, and are also still open to other Indonesian products.

In the business gathering event which was held as a follow-up to the exhibition, potential buyers who were interested in exploring further the potential for cooperation with Indonesian producers, to the stage of signing a memorandum of understanding.

This activity was carried out by lunch on top of RotterTram while walking around with a tram enjoying the city of Rotterdam.

The hope is that the entire series of activities starting from Indonesia Pavilion and business gathering can create new business potential and increase the volume of business cooperation that already exists between Indonesia and the Netherlands.

Supporting this, the Indonesian Embassy in The Hague is committed to continuing to facilitate various efforts and promotional activities of Indonesian products to be able to penetrate and compete in the Dutch and European markets.