Jakarta (Antara Bali) - Indonesia's coffee exports this year are estimated not to exceed 400,000 tons or not much different from last year's figure, a coffee export trade spokesman said.
The 2012 figure would be slightly higher than in 2011 when exports in the January-November period totaled only 327,493 tons with the US, Japan and Germany their main destinations.
"Exports this year will not exceed 400,000 tons because production has tended to remain stagnant," said Hutama Sugandhi, chairman of the Indonesian Coffee Exporters Association (GAEKI), here Wednesday.
The figure was about the same as the annual average over the past 10 years as the area and productivity of coffee plantations in the country had virtually not increased.
The total coffee plantation area in Indonesia was 1.2 million hectares with 90 percent of it managed by farmers who mostly followed traditional cultivation methods.(IGT)
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The 2012 figure would be slightly higher than in 2011 when exports in the January-November period totaled only 327,493 tons with the US, Japan and Germany their main destinations.
"Exports this year will not exceed 400,000 tons because production has tended to remain stagnant," said Hutama Sugandhi, chairman of the Indonesian Coffee Exporters Association (GAEKI), here Wednesday.
The figure was about the same as the annual average over the past 10 years as the area and productivity of coffee plantations in the country had virtually not increased.
The total coffee plantation area in Indonesia was 1.2 million hectares with 90 percent of it managed by farmers who mostly followed traditional cultivation methods.(IGT)
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