Indonesia boosted the exports of fishery products to China. The latest, the Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Sakti Wahyu Trenggono has just released 9 containers containing 243 tons of fishery products worth IDR 18.7 billion to China. Exports from the Cold Storage facility of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries in Muara Baru at the same time emphasize its commitment in integrating the blue economy -based priority program. The exported fish originated from the catch in zone I and zone III of the measured fishing area.
“Measured fishing will be included in version 1 version 2 version 3 and so on according to the era. The fishing is regulated which type of fish can be caught, then the way it is civilized (environmentally friendly and sustainable), then delivered to customers (consumers), so that We can promise that the well-managed fish that we will export, both in health and their hygiene, “explained Trenggono in his statement, Thursday (9/11/2023).
Trenggono said, the reason Indonesia was boosting the exports of fishery products to China because the country was considered to be a market for fishery products that had very significant growth, which was 22% per year over the past 5 years. Based on data from the International Trade Statistics, in 2022 imports of Chinese fishery products reached US $ 23.5 billion or 12% of the total world imports and placed this bamboo curtain country as a country importing country for the 2nd global fishery product after the United States.
“The market opportunity has been utilized by several global fisheries producing countries, including Indonesia,” he said.
The China’s main import commodity was shrimp of US $ 6.29 billion with a percentage of 26.8%, followed by fish meal of US $ 2.99 billion, lobster of US $ 1.64 billion, crab of US $ 1.56 billion, salmon-trout US $ 1.43 billion, and squid-octopus US $ 1.04 billion. Indonesia became the 8th country with a value of US $ 1.2 billion and contributed 5.3%, Indonesia’s export value increased 28% compared to 2021. Meanwhile, the main supplier country included Ecuador with a contribution of 15.4%, followed by Russia with a contribution of 12, 6%. Furthermore, Vietnam with a contribution of 8.5%.
“This growth provides an opportunity for Indonesia to continue to increase exports to China,” he said.
Similarly, Director General of Strengthening of Maritime and Fisheries Product Competitiveness, Budi Sulistiyo explained during the January-September period 2023, the export value of Indonesian fisheries products to China reached US $ 790 million or equivalent to IDR 12 trillion (exchange rate of IDR 15,627). The exports are dominated by seaweed of US $ 259 million or 32.8%, squid-octopus US $ 223 million (28.2%), and shrimp of US $ 84 million (10.6%). Next crab US $ 39 million, layur-gulama US $ 28 million, bawal US $ 10 million, and tuna and ornamental fish each $ 9 million each.
“Indonesian export commodities that experienced positive trends in the Chinese market include squid-octopus, shrimp, layur-gulama, pomfret, tuna-skipjack, ornamental fish, jellyfish, and milkfish,” explained Budi.
It is planned that the fisheries commodity exported by PT. The Nusantara Bahari Tower, a 7,000 ton of Cold Storage service in Muara Baru or IDR 409.7 billion. The activity is the opening of exports, because the company has entered into a trade contract with Chinese buyer, Fujian Changshun Investment Development Co., Ltd.
Through this export, Budi hopes that the use of cold storage can be maximized, especially in supporting measurable fishing alignments. Especially ahead of the commemoration of Harkannas this year, KKP echoed sustainable fish for the golden generation. “Fish captured quality will be maintained by stored in this cold storage and will also provide a guarantee of continuous supply availability,” he concluded.
November 9, 2023, detikFinance
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