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Indonesia targets to produce 1.2 million tonnes of sugar in 2017

Indonesia’s government sets the target of sugar production for 2017 at 1.2 million tonnes, Trade Minister Enggartiasto Lukita has said.
Indonesia targets to produce 1.2 million tonnes of sugar in 2017 ảnh 1Illustrative image (Source: VNA)
Jakarta (VNA) – Indonesia’s governmentsets the target of sugar production for 2017 at 1.2 million tonnes, TradeMinister Enggartiasto Lukita has said.

The national sugar production will come from allsugar mills in the country, including those operated by state plantationcompanies and other state-owned companies, according to the local Antara newsagency.

The targeted national sugar production willstill be far below the total needs – which stand at around 3 million tonnes peryear.

Therefore, Indonesia will still import sugar tomake up the domestic shortage.

Since 2015, Indonesia has mapped out a plan tobuild additional 10 sugar mills to reduce the import of crude sugar and looktowards self-production.

The country is home to nearly 46,000 hectares ofsugarcane plantations, mostly on the island of Java, with about 64 white sugarproduction plants for domestic demand.

Indonesia is the second biggest sugar importerin the world, after China.

It has increased import of sugar from Thailandafter the raw sugar import tariff from the Association of Southeast AsianNations (ASEAN) reduced by 5 percent in 2015.

Indonesia’s raw sugar import from Thailand wasestimated to increase from 30-40 percent in 2013-2014 to 60 percent in2015-2016.-VNA


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