Harvesting coffee (illustration)

Indonesia ambitious to conquer 'joe' market

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, SIDOARJO - Indonesia, having an extensive coffee farming, is expected to become the largest producer of coffee in Southeast Asia. The current coffee production in Indonesia is 600,000 tonnes per year. "Government will boost the production in order to become the largest coffee producer," Minister of Trade Gita Wirjawan said on Tuesday. "We have to improve our upstream and...

 Currently crude palm oil (CPO) is still the prime Indonesian export commodity. (illustration)

Indonesia responds to France's CPO tax plan

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - Indonesian Palm Oil Board (DMSI) will seek explanation from French embassy in Indonesia regarding French Senate's approval to raise import tax on crude palm oil (CPO) by 300 percent. On the voting last week, 212 senators passed the proposal made by senator Yves Daudigny, while other 133 rejected. "We will contact French Ambassador to follow up the decision,"...

Indonesia is the world's second-largest robusta producer after Vietnam. (illustration)

Kamis , 01 Nov 2012, 22:00 WIB

Indonesian coffee oversold

Some worker breed catfish in a small breeding ponds in Jember, East Java. (illustration)

Senin , 22 Oct 2012, 19:56 WIB

West Java to ban Malaysian catfish