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Fruit processing industry penetrates US - Korea market

01 March 2022 13:58

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Industry always supports fruit processing industry players to expand their export market. This is because the fruit processing industry has a significant contribution to the manufacturing sector, especially the agro industry.

In 2021, the export value of the horticultural processing industry, which includes the fruit processing industry, will reach USD383 million. This value increased by 22.79% compared to the previous year of USD312 million.

“Several fruit processing industries have been export-oriented since their inception. In fact, in 2021 the export value of the agro industry reached USD 64.55 billion, of which the fruit processing industry will also contribute," said the Director General of Agro Industry at the Ministry of Industry, Putu Juli Ardika in Jakarta, Sunday (27/2).

Currently, in Indonesia, there are six small and medium-scale fruit processing industries, with a total production capacity of 5,500 tons per year. Meanwhile, in the downstream sector, there are 41 companies with a total production capacity of 430,000 tons per year.

The Director General of Agro Industry said that the domestic fruit processing industry is believed to have been able to meet the demands of foreign markets, especially in terms of quality. One company that deserves appreciation is PT Fruit Ing Indonesia because it has expanded its market to several export destination countries such as Spain, the United States, Japan, Singapore and South Korea.

The potential of domestic fruits with very large production quantities that need to be processed more optimally, among others, bananas with a total production of 7.2 million tons per year, mango (2.6 million tons), Siamese oranges (2.4 million tons), pineapple (1.8 million tons), and papaya (887 thousand tons). (LM)

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