The year 2022 has been proven to be an accelerated momentum, in which an increase in the value of fisheries exports was recorded by 10.66 percent in the January-November period. The government continues to promote the branding of Indonesian fishery products with the tagline "Indonesia Seafood: Naturally Diverse" and the sub-tagline "Safe and Sustainable" at various international exhibitions and meetings.
Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Sakti Wahyu Trenggono targets fisheries exports in 2023 to be USD 7.66 billion. In addition to exports, growth in gross domestic product is also targeted at 5-6 percent, followed by a fish consumption rate of 61.02 kg/capita. Not only that, Minister Trenggono is also targeting salt production of 1.5 million tons, fishermen's exchange rate reaching 107-108, and the percentage of KP business actors complying with 97 percent, completing spatial planning and coastal zoning plans for 32 areas."Then, the conservation area is 29.1 million hectares, the management and utilization of WPPs in a sustainable manner in 11 WPPs, the proportion of caught fish species that are within safe biological limits, namely 76 percent," explained the Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries in a working meeting with Commission IV DPR RI which was held on Tuesday, 17 January 2023. On the other hand, from January to December 2022, the export value of Indonesian fishery products reached USD 5.71 billion or Rp. .45 trillion. Meanwhile, the trade balance of fishery products experienced a surplus of USD 5.07 billion, up 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 MMAF 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. At the end of last December, the Director General for Strengthening the Competitiveness of Maritime and Fishery Products (PDSPKP) Ishartini, stated that the value of fisheries exports for the January-November 2022 period reached USD 5.71 billion. Meanwhile, the value of imports in the same period was only USD 0.64 billion. This means that there is still a surplus in the trade balance of fishery products of USD 5.07 billion.
Indonesia's main export commodities include shrimp with a value of USD 1,997.49 million, skipjack tuna and tuna worth USD 865.73 million, cuttlefish-octopus squid of USD 657.71 million, seaweed of USD 554.96 million, and crab-crab. USD 450.55 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), and 27 European Union countries valued at USD357.12 million (6.26 percent). On that occasion, Ishartini still asked her staff to socialize to business actors about the agreement on trade agreements between Indonesia and several European countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland) which are members of the EFTA (European-Free Trade Association) through IE-CEPA (Indonesia). European-Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement).
Then the Mozambique-Preferential Trade Agreement (IM-PTA) which has agreed to reduce tariffs for fresh tuna, crab and frozen shrimp and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) which is a free trade negotiation between ASEAN countries (10 countries) and five partner countries, namely Japan, South Korea, China, Australia, and New Zealand. Ishartini also directed her staff to continue promoting the branding of Indonesian fishery products with the tagline "Indonesia Seafood: Naturally Diverse" and the sub-tagline "Safe and Sustainable" at various international exhibitions and meetings.
Moreover, there are also several export commodities that have their own product branding, including "Indonesian 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 prawns. Furthermore, Ishartini revealed, the achievement of the value of fisheries exports is estimated to grow 8.84% with a value of USD 6.22 billion until December 2022 compared to the end of 2021. Investment realization in the 3rd quarter of 2022 reached IDR 6.39 trillion, 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 marine and fisheries sector, followed by Singapore, the British Virgin Islands and Japan. In addition to recording achievements on the macro side, the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries has also shown its support for MSME players who process and market fishery products, cultivators, and fishermen.
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