Published | Monday, 13 March 2023 | 10:34 AM
The year 2022 has proven to be a momentum for acceleration, where a 10.66 percent increase in the value of fisheries exports was recorded in the January-November period. The government continues to promote branding of Indonesian fishery products with the tagline “Indonesia Seafood: Naturally Diverse” and the subtagline “Safe and Sustainable” at various exhibitions and international meetings.
Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Sakti Wahyu Trenggono is targeting fishery exports in 2023 of USD7.66 billion. Apart from exports, gross domestic product growth is also targeted at 5-6 percent, then the fish consumption figure is 61.02 kg/capita.
Not only that, Minister Trenggono also targets salt production of 1.5 million tons, the exchange rate for fishermen reaching 107-108, and the compliance percentage of KP business actors at 97 percent, completion of spatial planning and coastal zoning plans in 32 regions.
“Then the conservation area is 29.1 million hectares, sustainable management and utilization of WPPs in 11 WPPs, the proportion of fish catches within biosafe limits is 76 percent,” explained the Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries. Fisheries in a working meeting with Commission IV DPR RI which was held on Tuesday 17 January 2023.
In contrast, from January to December 2022, the export value of Indonesian fishery products reached USD 5.71 billion or IDR 84.60 trillion or an increase of 10.66 percent compared to the same period in 2021. The import value in 2022 reached USD 0.64 billion or Rp. 9.45. trillion. Meanwhile, the trade balance for fishery products experienced a surplus of USD5.07 billion or an increase of 7.22 percent compared to the previous year.
The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) has proven that 2022 will be a momentum for acceleration. As a result, the KKP recorded an increase in the value of fisheries exports of 10.66 percent in the January-November 2022 period compared to the same period last year.
In a press release Plt. Director General for Strengthening the Competitiveness of Marine and Fishery Products (PDSPKP) Ishartini at the end of last December stated that the value of fishery exports for the January-November 2022 period reached USD5.71 billion. Meanwhile, the import value in the same period was only USD0.64 billion. This means that there is still a trade surplus of fishery products of USD5.07 billion.
Indonesia’s main export commodities include shrimp worth USD 1,997.49 million, tuna, skipjack and tuna worth USD 865.73 million, squid, cuttlefish and octopus worth USD 657.71 million, seaweed worth USD 554.96 million, as well as crabs worth USD 554.96 million. USD450.55 million. These commodities were sent to main export destination countries such as the United States worth USD 2.15 billion (37.63 percent), China USD 1.02 billion (17.90 percent), Japan USD 678.13 million (11.89 percent), ASEAN USD651.66 million (11.42 percent). , as well as 27 European Union countries worth USD357.12 million (6.26 percent).
On that occasion, Ishartini continued to ask his staff to provide education to perpetrators regarding efforts to approve trade agreements between Indonesia and several European countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland) which are members of EFTA (European-Free Trade Association) through IE. -CEPA (European Indonesia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement).
Then the Mozambique-Preferential Trade Agreement (IM-PTA) which agreed to reduce tariffs on fresh tuna, crab and frozen shrimp as well as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) which is a free trade negotiation between ASEAN countries (10 countries) and five countries. Partner countries are Japan, South Korea, China, Australia and New Zealand.
Ishartini also directed his staff to continue promoting the branding of Indonesian fishery products with the tagline “Indonesia Seafood: Naturally Diverse” and the subtagline “Safe and Sustainable” at various exhibitions and international meetings.
Apart from that, there are also several export commodities that have their own product branding, including “Indonesia Seaweed, Natural Binding Solutions to The World” for seaweed, “Indonesian Pangasius, The Better Choice” for catfish, “Indonesia Tuna, Sustainable by Tradition : One-by-One” for tuna, and “Indonesian Shrimp, Discover the Taste of 17,000 Islands” for shrimp.
Furthermore, Ishartini revealed that the value of fisheries exports is estimated to grow 8.84% with a value of USD 6.22 billion by December 2022 compared to the end of 2021. Investment realization in the 3-2022 quarter reached IDR 6.39 trillion or an increase of 45.62 percent compared to the same period. the previous year and spread to a number of areas such as East Java, DKI Jakarta, South Sulawesi and Central Java.
Ishartini added that the People’s Republic of China is the largest country investing in the maritime and fisheries sector, apart from Singapore, the British Virgin Islands and Japan. Apart from recording achievements on the macro side, the KKP also shows its support for MSME processors and fishery product marketers, farmers and fishermen.
This is offered by disbursing people’s business credit (KUR) amounting to IDR 9.02 trillion as of November 2022 and is targeted to reach IDR 9.7 trillion by the end of the year. As a result, 38.6 percent of business actors were able to add new workers after obtaining capital from KUR. Then there were 83.16 percent of business actors who were able to increase their production volume and 90.08 percent of business actors succeeded in achieving an increase in monthly turnover.
Source : Indonesia.go.id