Government Encourages Ornamental Plant Exports

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto appreciated the release of the export program for floriculture and vegetable seeds.

According to him, exports accelerate the Government's program in an effort to achieve national economic recovery through increased exports. Floriculture or ornamental plants, which is a part of the horticulture sub-sector, is considered to have great potential to be developed in Indonesia. Indonesia's biodiversity provides business opportunities for ornamental plants, both for domestic and global needs, whose markets are still wide open. The global market value of ornamental plants reaches a value of 22.329 billion US dollars. That figure is higher than coffee and tea. However, Indonesia has only filled the world market niche of 0.1 percent. Indonesia also has great potential in exporting vegetable seeds to foreign countries. Almost all vegetable products in Indonesia have market potential outside, especially in ASEAN, such as Malaysia and Thailand. Some commodities that are in high demand include kale, tomatoes, beans, pumpkin, and long beans. It's just that the demand for exports is wider than in terms of production. Airlangga conveyed the direction conveyed by President Joko Widodo at the Jakarta Food Security Summit (JFSS), Closed Loop initiation needs to continue to be developed, especially in the context of developing partnerships from upstream to downstream. Closed Loop partnerships are necessary to increase productivity.

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