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Russian food & beverage exporters eye Indonesian market
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Russian Food and Beverage exporters display their products at Russia Export Center’s pavilion at 2017 SIAL Interfood at Jakarta International Expo Kemayoran, in Central Jakarta on Nov. 22. Russia participated in the event for the first time in three years. (JP/Stefani Ribka)
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he Russian Export Center has participated in SIAL Interfood 2017 at Jakarta International Expo Kemayoran, held until Saturday, to introduce its food and beverages to Indonesians.
Eight Russian companies participated in the event, namely producers of wheat snacks Barkanoff, confectionery Uniconf, buckwheat snacks Makfa, wheat flour Petrovskie and frozen pancakes Lina.
The Russian trade representative in Indonesia Sergei Rossomakhov said food and agriculture products were among Russia's priority export commodities. The others were related to energy, mining, transportation, infrastructure, information and technology.
Read also: Indonesia to barter coffee, CPO for Russian jet fighters“As Russia's economy is recovering [from crisis in 2014], we have been trying to reduce our dependence on oil exports,” he told The Jakarta Post at the expo on Wednesday. Other agricultural products the country aims to export to Indonesia include various meats, chick peas, barley and millet.
However, its effort to penetrate the local market has faltered as importers have been waiting for approval for at least nine months from the Indonesian Agriculture Ministry, Sergei said. “We hope Indonesia can be open to our products as we’re open to Indonesian products, especially palm oil,” he added.
Russia’s import of palm oil products has increased in the past seven years, rising to 700,000 tons last year from 100,000 tons in 2009, Trademap data shows.
