Denpasar (Antara Bali) - Bali exported 11.6 tons of coffee worth US$126,584 to the international market in the January-November 2010 period, a local official said here Tuesday.
However, the value decreased 11.70 percent compared to that of the same period in the previous year which reached US$143,359, a spokesman for the Bali province administration, I Ketut Teneng, noted.
"Meanwhile, the volume of the coffee exports decreased 56.4 percent because in the previous year it had shipped 26.8 tons of the commodity," he said.
Ketut Teneng said the fall in the value and volume of the coffee export was closely related to the stock of the commodity, which was heavily influenced by the climate and also the harvest time of coffee which is once in every two years.
Coffee in the form of rice seeds as well as after being processed successfully penetrates Japan, France and several European countries.
Bali is able to produce 13,800 tons of coffee in 2009 but production is expected to decline in 2010 due to the rainy season which occurs almost throughout the year.
Ketut Teneng explained Balinese farmers apply environmentally friendly cropping pattern to produce the highly-economic commodities.
"Balinese coffee farmers now no longer use fertilizers and chemicals produced by factories in eradicating the pest," he said.
Ketut Teneng added, the development of coffee trees is combined with the cow breeding, so that farmers gain a double advantage, namely cow fattening and production of manure to fertilize the coffee trees.
Such a development pattern makes the coffee farmers receive certificates in the process of production using organic fertilizer.
"The measure is very helpful in marketing products, especially to foreign markets since the consumers in developed countries like products which are produced under an environmentally-friendly process," said Ketut Teneng.
Until now, Bali has 30,029 hectares of coffee plantations which consisted of 8,197 hectares for arabica coffee and 23,832 hectares of robusta coffee.(*)
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However, the value decreased 11.70 percent compared to that of the same period in the previous year which reached US$143,359, a spokesman for the Bali province administration, I Ketut Teneng, noted.
"Meanwhile, the volume of the coffee exports decreased 56.4 percent because in the previous year it had shipped 26.8 tons of the commodity," he said.
Ketut Teneng said the fall in the value and volume of the coffee export was closely related to the stock of the commodity, which was heavily influenced by the climate and also the harvest time of coffee which is once in every two years.
Coffee in the form of rice seeds as well as after being processed successfully penetrates Japan, France and several European countries.
Bali is able to produce 13,800 tons of coffee in 2009 but production is expected to decline in 2010 due to the rainy season which occurs almost throughout the year.
Ketut Teneng explained Balinese farmers apply environmentally friendly cropping pattern to produce the highly-economic commodities.
"Balinese coffee farmers now no longer use fertilizers and chemicals produced by factories in eradicating the pest," he said.
Ketut Teneng added, the development of coffee trees is combined with the cow breeding, so that farmers gain a double advantage, namely cow fattening and production of manure to fertilize the coffee trees.
Such a development pattern makes the coffee farmers receive certificates in the process of production using organic fertilizer.
"The measure is very helpful in marketing products, especially to foreign markets since the consumers in developed countries like products which are produced under an environmentally-friendly process," said Ketut Teneng.
Until now, Bali has 30,029 hectares of coffee plantations which consisted of 8,197 hectares for arabica coffee and 23,832 hectares of robusta coffee.(*)
Editor : Nyoman Budhiana
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