Lampung Coffee Exports Reach USD31.137 Million

Lampung robusta coffee exports in January 2011 reached US$31.137 million US dollars and a volume of 17,957,324 tons.

"Compared to the exports in the earlier month it was a decline," chairman of the Lampung Association of Indonesian Coffee Exporters and Industries Muchtar Lutfie said here on Thursday.

In December 2010, the exports reached 26,25,264 tons worth 43.23 million dollars. He said the drop in Lampung coffee exports was caused by the unsatisfactory harvest in several coffee plantation centers in the region.

According to him, in general, coffee harvest in Lampung in 2010 was not so good due to bad weather conditions last year. On the other hand, Muchtar said, Lampung’s robusta coffee exports in January to December 2010 went to 43 countries.

"The exports produced foreign exchange earnings reaching 392.619 million US dollars with a volume of more than 261,969 tons," he said.

The 43 destinations are Algeria, Armenia, Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Check Republic, Denmark, Equador, Egypt, Estonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Korea, Lebanon, Malaysia, Morocco, Mexico, Holland, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Rumania, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Unied Arab Emirates, US, Vietnam, and the UK.

He also said that in 2009 the number of destinations is the same in 2010, only the volumes changed. In 2009, he added, the volume reached more than 342,313 tons producing 475.360 million dollars in forex.

The robusta coffee plantations in Lampung reached 163,837 hectares run by 218,447 growers. Coffee plantations in Lampung are particularly found in plateaus, like in West Lampung regency, Waykanan, North Lampung , Tanggamus and Pesawaran.

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