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Coffee Giant, but Indonesia can't control the price

06

Jun

Coffee Giant, but Indonesia can't control the price

Besides Brazil, Vietnam and Colombia, Indonesia is the world's largest coffee producer. In fact, Acting Director General of Foreign Trade at the [...]

Coffee Giant, but Indonesia can't control the price. Besides Brazil, Vietnam and Colombia, Indonesia is the world's largest coffee producer.
In fact, Acting Director General of Foreign Trade at the Ministry of Trade, Karyanto Suprih, said that when Brazil experienced crop failure several years ago, Indonesia was the major supplier of the world's coffee needs.
Unfortunately, to date the market price of Indonesian coffee is still dictated by other countries.
For the Robusta type of coffee, the price of coffee commodities refers to the futures exchange in London, England.
Meanwhile, for the Arabica type, the price of coffee commodities refers to the futures exchange in New York, United States.
Karyanto hopes that going forward Indonesia can become the price-maker for coffee commodities.
`This is being planned. If possible, that would be great because we are the world's primary coffee producer,` said Karyanto in Jakarta, Friday (6/3/2016).
Karyanto hopes that discussions conducted by the national coffee producers association can run smoothly and reach agreement.
If successful, coffee will follow the tin commodity which has already been traded via futures exchange.
Met at the same meeting, Deputy Chairman of the Association of Indonesian Coffee Exporters (AEKI) Pranoto Soenarto mentioned that currently national coffee production is recorded as reaching 600,000 tons.
400,000 tons of which were exported.
Pranoto very much regrets that Indonesia has not been able to be the determinant of world coffee prices.
In fact, countries that are not coffee producers are the ones determining the prices.

Writer
: Estu Suryowati

Editor
: M Fajar Marta

JUNE 3 RUBBER PRICES: Closed up 0.13% for the Second Day

03

Jun

JUNE 3 RUBBER PRICES: Closed up 0.13% for the Second Day

Rubber price closed higher though in a smaller range of 0.13% or 0.20 points to the level of 157.90 yen per kilogram (kg), after opening with a gain [...]

JUNE 3 RUBBER PRICES: Closed up 0.13% for the Second Day. Rubber price closed higher though in a smaller range of 0.13% or 0.20 points to the level of 157.90 yen per kilogram (kg), after opening with a gain of 0.32% or 0.50 points at the level of 158.20 yen per kg.
Positive movement of rubber price at today's trade closing is in line with the gain in the price of oil.
The price of July WTI oil contract increased 0.18% or 0.09 points to US$49.26 per barrel at 1:30 pm WIB, while Europe benchmark oil, Brent for August contract was also seen gaining by 0.26% to US$50.17 per barrel after the OPEC meeting failed to reach an agreement regarding the production target.
Yesterday's trade (2/6/2016), rubber price also closed higher by 0.32% or 0.50 points to the level of 157.70 yen per kilogram (kg), after opening with a decline.
Rubber price movement for November 2016 contract in TOCOM

Date
Price (Yen/Kg)
Change

3/6/2016
157,90
+0,13%

2/6/2016
157,70
+0,32%

1/6/2016
157,20
-5,02%

31/5/2016
165,50
+1,53%

30/5/2016
163,00
+0,56%

Source: Bloomberg

House members question government’s plan to import sugar

02

Jun

House members question government’s plan to import sugar

"The government should calculate domestic granulated sugar requirements, domestic granulated sugar production and the shortfall ahead of time," said [...]

BPS: If Sugar Prices Keep Rising, Government Should Import

01

Jun

BPS: If Sugar Prices Keep Rising, Government Should Import

Looking at these conditions, the government must take fast action by way of an import. "If later the price continues to rise, then that must be [...]

BPS: If Sugar Prices Keep Rising, Government Should Import. Looking at these conditions, the government must take fast action by way of an import. `If later the price continues to rise, then that must be covered by import,` said Sasmito Hadi Wibowo, Deputy of the BPS Distribution and Service Statistic Division, at his office, Jakarta, Wednesday (1/6).The supply of sugar must be increased to meet community needs. Especially in the lead-up to the fasting month and Eid al-Fitr. Wherein the demand for sugar increases significantly.There is a high chance of price reduction after the import is done. Although that is also influenced by the price of sugar overseas.`If the import price overseas is cheap, then of course it can decrease. If the price overseas is not competitive, then it will be difficult, right? ` he explained.While for an increase in domestic production, Sasmito seems to doubt that it will be successful in the near future. Because it takes about six months to produce sugar from sugarcane,`Production generally depends on sugarcane, sugarcane has a long lifespan, 6 months. So it cannot be planted and then harvested right away,` said Sasmito. (dtf)

Trade Minister: Indonesia Lags Behind on Free Trade

01

Jun

Trade Minister: Indonesia Lags Behind on Free Trade

Indonesia has always relied on natural resources, whose commodity prices have now plummeted. "We must admit that we are far behind our competitors in [...]

Trade Minister: Indonesia Lags Behind on Free Trade. Indonesia has always relied on natural resources, whose commodity prices have now plummeted.
`We must admit that we are far behind our competitors in terms of FTA,` said Thomas at the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry National Working Meeting in Jakarta on Wednesday (1/6/2016).
According to Thomas, Indonesia has only 10 free trade agreements. Compared to Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, and Malaysia, Indonesia has the least cooperation with other countries.
`We should catch up,` Thomas said.
Currently, countries that once had no natural resources are on the rise. This is because they have processed their raw materials into finished goods, whereas Indonesia still exports and sells only raw materials.
`In fact, countries that did not used to enjoy commodities are ready now,` said Thomas.
Currently, countries that once had no natural resources are on the rise.

Writer: Adiatmaputra Fajar Pratama
Editor: Sanusi
http://www.tribunnews.com/bisnis/2016/06/01/mendag-indonesia-ketinggalan-di-perdagangan-bebas

Indonesian coffee gets major promotion in Milan, Italy

30

May

Indonesian coffee gets major promotion in Milan, Italy

The promotions, taking advantage of outdoor mobile media was an innovation of the Indonesian Trade Promotion Center (PPPI/ITPC) in Milan and was [...]

Indonesian coffee gets major promotion in Milan, Italy. The promotions, taking advantage of outdoor mobile media was an innovation of the Indonesian Trade Promotion Center (PPPI/ITPC) in Milan and was inaugurated by the Indonesian Ambassador to Italy, Cyprus, Malta and UN organizations, August Parengkuan in Piazza Cairoli-Castelo Milano, Firday (27/5).IPTCMilan Chief Agung Pramudya FR in a press release on Sunday explained that three tram carriages would cross Duomo, the Via Torino business area, the Offices of the Milan Chamber of Commerce in Via Meravigli, Palazzo di Giustizia, Largo Augusto, Corso Porta Vittoria, Porta Vittoria Train Station and Corso Magenta, the location of the Santa Maria Della Grazie Church which hosts the `The Last Supper` mural painting by Leonardo da Vinci.Agung said that Italian community and business people were not very familiar with Indonesia so promotion needed to be stepped up.His team was committed to full implementation of intensive and integrated promotions by installing posters at strategic Metropolitana stations in Milan, and on the sides of 18-meter long buses passing through important places likeCastelo Sforzesco, Museo del Design, Triennale, Cadorna Train Station, Turati which is the area for consulates and foreign embassies, immigration offices and Mosca Train Station.In the inauguration of tram advertising attended by the Italian Honorary Consul for Indonesia Jaccopo Fusaia, Agriculture Attaché Yusral Tahir, Trade Attaché Sumber Sinabutar; Ambassador August Parengkuan said the KBRI continued to work with ITPC Milan to introduce Indonesia to Italian business people, not just on an import basis but also to attract them to become investors.`This activity is a follow-up to the promotions since the 2015 Milan Expo, and with several business forum activities in Italy, several Italian businessmen have visited Indonesia, especially since Italian President Mattarela visited Indonesia in November 2015,` he said.He added that ITPC Milan was active and very good at implementing promotions in Milan, the central city for business in Italy.The Ambassador acknowledged that the lack of historical connection between Indonesia and Italy, as well as the language difference, were key problems in doing business, therefore he felt that Indonesia should continue to be active given that the potential business between the two countries was very large.Meanwhile, concerning the promotional design on the tram media Agung explained that Italy was very close to the culture of drinking coffee and Indonesia also had superior coffee products.Therefore, his team used superior coffee products on the tram with the slogan `Noi e il caff` siamo due anime inseparabilli. Il suo aroma e il rituale che ci sveglia ogni mattina (We and coffee are two souls that are inseparable. Its aroma and its ritual are what awaken us every morning). Meanwhile, inside the tram werephotos with a palm oil theme for green energy purposes.  The big threeAgriculture Attaché Yusral Tahir explained that Indonesia was the 3rd largest coffee producer in the world after Brazil and Vietnam.The total export of Indonesian coffee at the moment is 12,317 tons, up by approximately 7.9 percent (ICO 2016), he said.Italian people were selective coffee drinkers, with a consumption of 5.8 kg/person. At the moment Indonesian coffee in a green bean form filled approximately 5.8 percent of the 529,000 ton of Italian demand.Apart from coffee, other superior Indonesian products for the Italian market are palm oil, chocolate, tropical fruit and spices.
Editor: B Kunto Wibisono
http://www.antaranews.com/berita/563850/indonesia-besar-besaran-promosikan-kopi-di-milan-italia

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