Indonesia is recognized to have various types of fruits and vegetables consisting to the highest in the world, but ironically the fruit imports, admitting those growing from flooding the market domestic sub-tropic countries. In local marketplace the fruits come from Thailand, China, and Australia, among others, already so long-familiar, whereas the tropical origin fruits has drop their own country.
Share of Japan information showed Indonesia Custom own about 4% annually to import oil and gas are much greater equated with the non-oil exports. In 2002 recorded share of Japan’s oil imports from Indonesia progressed to 10.07% while non-oil import is only 2.79%. Nevertheless, since 1998 the market share of non-oil commodity Indonesia continues to increase with the dominant products such as plywood (plywood), copper, paper and paper products, natural rubber, fish, including shrimp, nickel, coffee, synthetic yarns, and furniture.
Three pillar commodity agribusiness sector which has been the largest subscriber to Indonesian non-oil exports to Japan are natural rubber, shrimp, and coffee. Data from the UNSD Comtrade (2006) appearances that the market share of Indonesia’s natural rubber products in the last five years, growing from 9.9% in 2001 to 18.6% in 2005. The rate of imports kept on to rise from USD174 million in 2001 to USD597 million in 2005. Total value of Japanese imports of natural rubber products in 2005 reached USD3, 2 billion.
To accompaniment the development expected of agribusiness products in Indonesia, an analyse of Indonesian fruits really have long been acquitted by researchers at the Department of Agriculture and Agricultural Institute of Bogor, but it’s practiced individually. Incorporated research, from the development of new seeds to marketing the technology was in 1996, namely in the National Strategic Research Program (Rusnas) held the Ministry of Research and Technology.
Attending the problem is a complex and broad scope of research activities, according to Fruit Director Prof. Syafrida Rusnas Manuwoto this program requires a long period of time to obtain optimal results. Neighboring Malaysia and Thailand have undergone fruit research programs each for 30 and 40 years. Duren Bangkok them is an old product of the country to research this “white elephant”.
Meanwhile, Indonesia has 4 superior set period of research. Mangosteen research takes 15 years, although the length of pineapple and banana research ranged from 7 to 10 years. Papaya has been fast development in the area just 7 years old. After the breeding phase projected for next year will be cast away of excellent variety by the Minister of Agriculture.
Mangosteen for a buyer this is a commodity market, the buyers who are looking for. Since the last few years is indeed a prima donna Indonesia mangosteen exports, with destination countries Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong or China, and Japan. In these countries become part of the mangosteen offerings at religious ceremonies.
Mangosteen export prices on world marketplaces could reach 8 to 10 U.S. dollars per kilogram. But at the farm level price was only USD 500, – per kilogram. Mangosteen is supported sales on sorting, to receive a consistent size. Nevertheless, the existent harvest only about 5 to 10 % who qualifies as exported.
