This is a Golden Opportunity for Indonesia to Boost Fish Exports when Corona Pandemic

TRIBUNBATAM.id -  The Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Edhy Prabowo, said that the current condition of the coronavirus or Covid-19 pandemic was a momentum to increase fish exports.

According to him, during current conditions, consumption of fish, which are a source of animal protein, has increased significantly.

"The needs of the world continue to run. Especially for the retail market. What is reduced is food service for hotels and restaurants," explained Edhy in a written statement as quoted by Antara, Saturday (4/18/2020).

Moreover, a number of countries are implementing the Lockdown policy. Although there are restrictions on movement, the distribution of food needs remains a priority, so that it can be used to boost the volume of fish exports. 

KKP itself, he said, had been trying to provide logistical facilities that were urgently needed to meet the needs of raw materials for the Fish Processing Unit (UPI) for export purposes. 

According to Edhy, his ministry has also written to the Task Force for the Acceleration of Covid-19 Handling in order to guarantee access to and out of the distribution of fishery products at home and abroad. 

Noted, the United States ranks first of the five main export destination countries during January-March 2020.

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The value of exports to Uncle Sam's country reached 508.67 million US dollars or 40.97 percent. In second place is China, with a value of 173.22 million US dollars or 13.95 percent. 

Then in third place are countries in ASEAN with a value of 162.29 million dollars or 13.07 percent. Fourth, Japan with a value of 143.82 million US dollars or 11.59 percent. The fifth is European countries with a value of 82.05 million US dollars or 6.61 percent.

In terms of commodities, shrimp dominates exports to these countries with a value of 466.24 million US dollars or 37.56 percent. Followed by tuna-tuna-cakalang (TTC) with a value of 176.63 million US dollars or 14.23 percent.

Then squid-octopus with a value of 131.94 million US dollars or 10.63 percent. Other fishery commodities are crab-crab with a value of 105.32 million US dollars or 8.48 percent and seaweed with a value of 53.75 million US dollars or 4.33 percent. (*) 

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