KONTAN.CO.ID - JAKARTA. The productivity of Indonesia's coffee industry is projected to remain low. The nation's coffee bean production is estimated to reach around 10.5 million sacks, consisting of 1.8 million sacks of arabica coffee beans and 8.8 million sacks of robusta coffee beans in 2024. This was conveyed by Moelyono Soesilo, the Chairman of the Specialty Coffee & Industry Department of the Indonesian Coffee Exporters Association (AEKI). However, this figure is still below the potential national coffee production of 12 million - 12.5 million sacks. Meanwhile, coffee production has shown a decline, with the January-April 2024 period only accounting for 70% of the production in the same period of the previous year.
Indonesian National Coffee Production Drops, Imports Feared to Surge
KONTAN.CO.ID - JAKARTA. The productivity of Indonesia's coffee industry is projected to remain low. The nation's coffee bean production is estimated to reach around 10.5 million sacks, consisting of 1.8 million sacks of arabica coffee beans and 8.8 million sacks of robusta coffee beans in 2024. This was conveyed by Moelyono Soesilo, the Chairman of the Specialty Coffee & Industry Department of the Indonesian Coffee Exporters Association (AEKI). However, this figure is still below the potential national coffee production of 12 million - 12.5 million sacks. Meanwhile, coffee production has shown a decline, with the January-April 2024 period only accounting for 70% of the production in the same period of the previous year.