REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BANDUNG -- A flagship tea product from West Java under the trademark `Java Tea Preanger' has received the Geographical Indication Certificate from the Directorate General of Intellectual Property, the Ministry of Law and Human Rights.

"The certificate was given at the National Intellectual Property Forum 2016 and was handed over by the Minister of Law and Human Rights, Yasonna Laoly, to the provincial administration, at a ceremony witnessed by Vice President Jusuf Kalla," the Vice Governor of West Java, Deddy Mizwar, said in a press release received by Antara here on Tuesday.

He stressed that the certificate was important for local product development.

A geographical indication certifies the origin of a certain product according to the geographical environment, including natural factors, human factors, or a combination of these factors that provides specific characteristics and quality to the product.

"It is important for our country, because Indonesia is very diverse with geographical indication products that can be developed for the national economy," he added.

Having the certificates means the Java Tea Preanger has a specific character according to West Java's geographical conditions.

"The tea is very unique because of its seeds, lands where it grows and also the processing. The tea has the characteristics of West Java," Deddy remarked.

He noted that the certificate can be used as a reference to maintain the quality of Java Tea Preanger.

"This is a very high quality tea that makes it expensive. We preserve the quality as mentioned in the Geographical Indication Certificate. This is our intellectual wealth," Deddy stated.

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