Cooperatives Ministry pushes cooperatives to meet certification for export

The Ministry of Cooperatives (Kemenkop) is encouraging cooperatives with quality products to meet international quality standards and certifications in order to expand their markets and break into exports.

Deputy Minister of Cooperatives Farida Farichah said meeting standards and certifications is one of the things cooperatives need to prepare in order to enter the global market.

“We encourage cooperatives whose product quality is already good; they just need to fulfil the certification prerequisites, which are then served and assisted by the Ministry of Cooperatives so they meet those standards,” Farida said, as quoted from a press statement in Jakarta on Sunday.

The Ministry of Cooperatives recorded that there are 222,462 cooperatives in Indonesia, including 30,817 producer cooperatives.

According to Farida, data collection and mentoring of cooperatives in various regions show that there are still a number of challenges to increasing cooperative business capacity, including the quality of human resources, financing and market access.

She said that to expand market access, the ministry is presenting a number of assisted cooperatives at the international China-Indonesia International E-Commerce Industry Expo 2026 at JIExpo Kemayoran, Jakarta, on 3–5 September.

According to her, the event is an opportunity for cooperatives to introduce their products while building networks with potential consumers and other business players.

Farida expressed hope that cooperatives whose products have met the standards can take advantage of international promotion access and networks to expand their markets abroad.

Meanwhile, cooperatives that are not yet ready to export, she continued, can use the international exhibition as a means of learning and preparing their business capacity.

She also encouraged cooperatives that have successfully become exporters to help open access for other cooperatives that are just about to enter the global market.

“If they have already entered the global market and become exporters, they should be able to bring along their fellow cooperatives. So there is cooperation between cooperatives that already export and cooperatives that are just about to enter the global market,” she said.

She said the ministry continues to encourage strengthening cooperative capacity through mentoring, financing access, certification fulfilment, and opening international market networks so that more cooperatives are able to improve their product competitiveness.