RI, world's largest swallow nest exporter<\/p>\n
SEMARANG, Central Java: Indonesia is currently the world's
\nlargest exporter of swallows' nests, with more than 80 percent of
\nthe total swallow nest products world wide coming from Indonesia.<\/p>\n
Chairman of the Association of Indonesian Swallow Nest
\nProducers, Sukmana, said yesterday these figures are not recorded
\nby the Directorate General of Forest Protection and Nature
\nConservation and the ministry of trade since a large amount of
\nthe exports carry no official license nor letters of quarantine.<\/p>\n
Most have been unrecorded because the commodities have been
\npacked and sent through postal or cargo services labeled as dried
\nfood stuff, he told The Jakarta Post.<\/p>\n
Smuggling occurs mainly through Aceh, Medan, Batam,
\nPangkalpinang, Jakarta, Bali, Pontianak and along the borders
\nbetween Kalimantan and Malaysia.<\/p>\n
Aside from tax losses, Sukmana said, the smuggling may also
\ntarnish Indonesia's reputation as a signatory of the Convention
\non International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and
\nFlora.<\/p>\n
The nests, which can be used as medicine and food ingredients,
\nare presently exported to Singapore, Malaysia, the United States,
\nCanada, China, Hongkong, Taiwan and Japan.(har)<\/p>",
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