Maluku Province exports 8.5 tons of organic nutmeg directly from Yos Sudarso Port, Ambon to Europe. The initial export of nutmeg by PT Kamboti is packaged in one container with a capacity of 20 feet worth IDR 1.8 billion to the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The release of the initial export of nutmeg was carried out by the Regional Secretary of the Maluku Province, Sadli Lie, the Head of the Industry and Trade Office of the Maluku Province, Elvis Pattiselano and the Maluku Export Acceleration Team, Saturday. COVID-19 pandemic.
"Our exports have fluctuated in the last few years, in 2020 exports were quite good, but in 2021 there will be a significant decline due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as more difficult export requirements," he said. Maluku, he said, has extraordinary superior commodities in terms of plantations, forestry, and exports of fishery commodities. "Our forestry sector has exported resin five times, now our mainstay is nutmeg, by carrying out a strategy of certified exports to Europe," he said. The achievements achieved are not partial or individual work but joint synergy, so that success is born.

"Today we are witnessing the first export of nutmeg to Europe, hopefully in the future we can encourage synergy to realize the Maluku government's vision," he said. The Maluku Provincial Government encourages all people to fulfill the export requirements required by the destination country. Export market opportunities, he said, are very broad, how the government and business actors are able to innovate to seek export opportunities to other countries. "Hopefully today's export activities can encourage the enthusiasm of not only nutmeg or other commodity farmers, but most importantly exporters and all stakeholders," said Sadli Lie.

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