The Ministry of Agriculture said the performance of the plantation sub-sector recorded positive growth and became one of the mainstays of exports from the agricultural sector in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The performance of the plantation sector in the last 1.5 years has continued to increase as reflected in its export value which is estimated to reach US$74.31 billion or Rp.1,040.33 trillion by the end of 2024. the agricultural sector is not affected, especially the plantation sub-sector as part of agriculture," said Director of Perennial Crops and Refreshment at the Plantation Directorate of the Ministry of Agriculture, Heru Tri Widarto in a statement in Jakarta, Wednesday.
According to Heru, to pursue all these targets, the Directorate General of Plantation and Plantation encourages the development of seed logistics, increases production and productivity, increases added value, competitiveness and exports. human resources (HR), optimizing stakeholder networks," he said. He explained that the KUR instrument could, among other things, be used to carry out community palm oil rejuvenation (PSR) or replanting programs covering 21 provinces such as Riau, Jambi, North Sumatra, Aceh and South Sumatra. "The next one will be higher. The industry will get a guaranteed supply of raw materials and the state will get even higher foreign exchange because the needs of a number of countries for palm products and their derivatives are also increasing," he said.
According to data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), Indonesia's economic growth in the second quarter of 2021 was 7.07 percent (year on year) compared to the same quarter the previous year. The contribution of the plantation sector to GDP reached 0.33 percent which was triggered by increased production of palm oil commodities because it was supported by a non-extreme dry season, an increase in planting area that began to produce, as well as growth in domestic consumption. "Although the COVID-19 pandemic is still ongoing, so far it has not had a negative impact on the plantation sub-sector. Plantations outside Java and Bali are still responding positively," said Heru. Meanwhile, Agriculture Minister Syahrul Yasin Limpo said the increase in plantation sector production was also reflected in the 2021 Agricultural Export Freedom, which reached Rp7.29 trillion. "Exports released amounted to 627.4 million tons, with a value of Rp7.29 trillion, covering the first commodities of plantations 564.6 million tons, food crops 4.3 million tons, horticulture 7.2 million tons, livestock 4.0 million tons. , and several other commodities," said Syahrul Yasin Limpo
