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        "id": 1706769,
        "msgid": "ministry-of-transmigration-states-indonesia-has-potential-to-supply-3-billion-coconuts-to-china-1777391511",
        "date": "2026-04-28 21:55:07",
        "title": "Ministry of Transmigration states Indonesia has potential to supply 3 billion coconuts to China",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Trade",
        "summary": "Indonesia's Ministry of Transmigration has identified a significant opportunity for local coconut farmers to export up to three billion coconuts annually to China, where demand stands at four billion but local production in Hainan province only meets one billion. The minister highlighted similar export potentials for durian, coffee, and chocolate, particularly noting that Central Sulawesi's abundant durian harvests could fetch much higher export prices to China, potentially boosting local incomes and reducing poverty. To capitalise on these opportunities, the ministry plans to develop an economic corridor in Central Sulawesi, promoting industrialisation, downstream processing, and job creation while ensuring environmental compliance and clear land rights.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta (ANTARA) - Transmigration Minister M Iftitah Sulaiman\nSuryanagara stated that coconut farmers in Indonesia have the\nopportunity to export three billion coconuts per year to China.\n\u201cCoconuts are needed at four billion units (per year) in China, but they\ncan only produce one billion from what they have in Hainan province, so\nthere is still a gap of three billion units,\u201d he said in Jakarta on\nTuesday. \u201cThis is an extraordinary potential that we can develop,\u201d\nIftitah continued. In addition to coconuts, he mentioned that durian,\ncoffee, and chocolate are other agricultural products with potential to\nbe developed as Indonesia\u2019s flagship export commodities. He gave the\nexample that durian has high demand in China, but the value of local\ndurian exports to the Bamboo Curtain country has not yet reached Rp1\ntrillion per year. However, according to him, the durian market in China\ncould reach Rp120 trillion to Rp137 trillion every year. \u201cMeanwhile, in\nCentral Sulawesi, according to the local head and governor, durian\nproduction was previously abundant, but they didn\u2019t know where to sell\nit,\u201d said Iftitah. He stated that this presents an opportunity for\ncommunities in transmigration areas in Central Sulawesi to increase\ntheir income. He said that such commodities are only priced at Rp4-5\nthousand in their origin areas, whereas the export price can reach Rp25\nthousand. \u201cAutomatically, the increase in income (for the community)\nwill be significant (impacting) the reduction in poverty rates,\u201d said\nIftitah. To optimise the development of these various agricultural\ncommodities, the Ministry of Transmigration is also working to build an\neconomic corridor connecting the Poso, Sigi, and Parigi Moutong regions\nin Central Sulawesi province. Through this economic corridor, they will\nalso encourage the industrialisation and downstream processing of\nvarious plantation products, while creating more job opportunities for\nthe community. He also assured that the development of this economic\nzone would be carried out in accordance with applicable rules and\nprocedures with clear (clear and clean) land status. \u201cOf course, land\nopening (for the development of this economic corridor) will always be\nwithin the HPL (transmigration land management rights) and will not\ndamage the environment,\u201d Iftitah added.<\/p>",
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