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View all search resultsMinistry pins hopes on North Sumatra for coffee bean export rebound
There are six main producers of Arabica coffee in North Sumatra: Lintong, Mandailing, Simalungun, Sipirok, Samosir and Karo.
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A historical building called Jacobson in Palembang, South Sumatra was the site of a coffee festival on April 5. (JP/Yulia Savitri)
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he Agriculture Ministry is pinning its hopes on North Sumatra for a rebound in Indonesia's Arabica coffee bean exports after the province shipped Rp 72.9 billion worth of the commodity recently.
North Sumatra, known for its Mandailing, Lintong and Sidikalang coffee varieties, exported 819 tons of beans to the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, Romania, Japan, Canada, Belgium, Mexico, Taiwan, China, Australia and Singapore last week.
The ministry's Agriculture Quarantine Agency head Ali Jamil said that so far, a total of 40 countries had imported the commodity from North Sumatra.
He said he expected North Sumatra to increase its coffee bean exports this year amid Indonesia's declining exports of the commodity in the last three years.
“We hope the country's coffee bean exports will see some improvement this year, especially from North Sumatra, which has a lot of potential," Ali said at the recent export ceremony in Deli Serdang, North Sumatra.
Indonesia has seen fluctuating coffee exports since 2010 according to data from Statistics Indonesia (BPS). The largest export was in 2013 with 534,000 tons of beans, valued at US$1.174 million. In 2017, Indonesia exported 467,800 tons of beans worth $1.187 million, according to BPS.
