Indonesia has opportunities in the development of the coffee processing industry because besides having a large market, it is also supported by the potential for raw materials.
Therefore, strategic efforts are needed, such as downstream in order to increase added value and increase production capacity.
Indonesia is known as the world's best coffee producer based on a variety of geographic indications and still growing
And it is also known as a country that cultivates arabica, robusta, and liberica coffee varieties. As the fourth largest coffee bean producing country in the world
After Brazil, Vietnam and Colombia with an average production of around 700 thousand tons per year, or about 9% of world coffee production. Therefore, Indonesian coffee will continue to be encouraged in its processing.
Indonesian coffee has an advantage over coffees from other coffee-producing countries, namely high taste
Especially for the Arabica coffee type and it has been claimed as specialty coffee, this is a good plus point for the image of Indonesian coffee in the international market which needs to be maintained and promoted more intensively.
As one of the leading plantation commodities for the country's foreign exchange, in 2018 the export value of coffee, according to Syahrul, reached USD 815.9 million, with a volume of 279.9 thousand tons.
National Coffee Day must be a means of national consolidation to face world issues, the coronavirus as conveyed by the Minister of Agriculture.
Syahrul Yasin Limpo at the commemoration of National Coffee Day which was held at the Auditorium Building F Ministry of Agriculture,
As well as being held simultaneously in various provinces such as South Sulawesi, Riau, Sumatra, West Java and East Java.
