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        "id": 1960600,
        "msgid": "dpr-commission-vii-urges-government-to-realise-coffee-downstreaming-1788537906",
        "date": "2026-09-04 22:15:32",
        "title": "DPR Commission VII Urges Government to Realise Coffee Downstreaming",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Economy",
        "summary": "Indonesia's Parliamentary Commission VII is calling for the implementation of coffee downstreaming to reduce reliance on imports and restore the nation's prominence in the global market. The initiative focuses on exporting finished products rather than raw beans to increase domestic value-add.",
        "content": "<p>Semarang (ANTARA) - The DPR Commission VII is urging the government\nto realise coffee downstreaming as part of an effort to restore\nIndonesia\u2019s glory regarding this commodity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDownstreaming must be able to proceed in the future, so that we no\nlonger depend on imports,\u201d said the Deputy Chair of Commission VII DPR,\nEvita Nursanty, while leading a specific working visit to the PT Santos\nJaya Abadi factory in Semarang on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Industry notes that national coffee bean production\nreaches 834,000 tonnes per year, of which 508,000 tonnes are exported\nabroad, while the remaining 3t26,000 tonnes are intended for domestic\nneeds.<\/p>\n<p>Although more than half of the national coffee bean products are\nexported, the Ministry of Industry notes that there are still coffee\nbean imports of approximately 29,000 tonnes.<\/p>\n<p>Evita assessed that an anomaly occurs when coffee bean production is\nabundant, yet imports into the country continue.<\/p>\n<p>One effort to restore the glory of Indonesian coffee, according to\nher, is by mandating the export of coffee in the form of finished\nproducts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExport finished products, not raw materials,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, she stated, policies are needed to support domestic\nproducers, as part of their production process requires imported raw\nmaterials.<\/p>\n<p>She cited the need for refined sugar, used in coffee processing\nblends, which must still be imported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo avoid further dependence on imports, special policies are needed\nfor food processing companies,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Director General of Agro-Industry at the Ministry of\nIndustry, Putu Juli Ardika, mentioned that coffee bean imports so far\nhave been limited to the needs of blending ingredients in the production\nprocess.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are products that require a blend of coffee beans from abroad\nto produce a specific \u2018taste\u2019; it is limited to that,\u201d he said.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/dpr-commission-vii-urges-government-to-realise-coffee-downstreaming-1788537906",
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