Indonesia asked to export more 'halal' food items<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia, which has introduced halal (permitted
\nby Islamic law) labeling on processed food products, could tap
\ninto the increasing global halal food market, an expert said.<\/p>\n
Mohamed Jafri, a consultant to the Singapore Malay Chamber of
\nCommerce and Industry, told journalists here on Thursday that
\nannual trading of halal foods across the globe is increasing,
\nreaching US80.7 billion per annum.<\/p>\n
Of the total trading, West Asian countries, with a total
\nMoslem population of 134.52 million people, are the largest
\nimporters of halal food, totaling $13.2 billion annually. North
\nAfrican countries with 228.40 million Moslems import $12.3
\nbillion, while the Indian subcontinent with 405.14 million
\nMoslems only imports $5.79 billion.<\/p>\n
Indonesia's exports of processed foods during the January-
\nOctober period of last year increased by 15.29 percent to $656.3
\nmillion from the corresponding period of 1993.<\/p>\n
Jafri also invited Indonesia's Moslem scholars to take a
\nleading role in promoting international halal labeling and
\ncontribute towards the standardization of international halal
\nlabeling because there are some countries which have their own
\nspecial requirements for the labeling.<\/p>\n
Jafri was here to promote the third International Moslem Food
\nExhibition 1995 to be held in Singapore's World Trade Center from
\nAug. 16 through 19.<\/p>\n
He said the halal food exhibition, organized by the Singapore
\nMalay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, is designed to promote
\nhalal food on the global market.<\/p>\n
The chamber, which was incorporated in 1956, was formed by a
\ngroup of Malay Moslem businessmen with the aim of safeguarding
\nthe interests of their fellow business communities.<\/p>\n
\"If international awareness and understanding towards the
\nimportance of halal foods to Moslems is already strong, major
\nfood manufacturers in the world would be tempted to relocate
\ntheir food processing facilities into Moslem countries, including
\nIndonesia,\" Jafri said.<\/p>\n
In conjunction with the exhibition, the chamber will also
\norganize an international halal food conference to create an
\nawareness of halal food and to provide insight into business
\nopportunities available in the halal food industry.<\/p>\n
The chamber will also conduct a food galore exhibition which
\nwill present halal cuisines from different Moslem countries.
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