RI Ekspor Beras ke Tiga Negara di Pasifik, Harga US$1 per Kg Dipasok dari Merauke
Indonesia Will Export Rice to Countries in Pacific Ocean Region
Reporter : Gusmiati Waris
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
Jakarta (B2B) - Pemerintah RI berencana mengekspor beras ke negara di kawasan Samudera Pasifik yakni Republik Kepulauan Fiji, Samoa, dan Republik Vanuatu, dengan harga jual bersaing sekitar Rp13 ribuan (US$1) sementara harga beras di negara sekitar Rp26 ribuan (US$2) per kg, dan ekspor beras dipasok dari hasil panen di Merauke, Papua.
Rencana tersebut terungkap dari hasil pertemuan Menteri Pertanian RI Andi Amran Sulaiman di Jakarta, Rabu (9/8) dengan Menteri Pertanian, Perdesaan, Pembangunan Maritim, dan Pengelolaan Bencana Nasional Fiji, Inia Batikoto Seruiratu; Menteri Pertanian dan Perikanan Samoa, Leuatea Polataivao Fossie Schmidt Laauli; dan Menteri Pertanian, Peternakan, Kehutanan, Perikanan, dan Keamanan Hayati Republik Vanuatu, Seremaia Matai Nawalu.
"Harga beras di ketiga negara Samudera Pasifik tersebut sekitar Rp23 ribuan, lebih kurang dua dolar AS per kg, dan Indonesia menawarkan harga bersaing, cuma satu dolar AS saja," kata Mentan Amran Sulaiman kepada pers usai pertemuan dengan koleganya dari kawasan Pasifik tersebut.
Dalam pertemuan tersebut, menurutnya, Indonesia dan ketiga negara sahabat membahas peningkatan kerjasama di sektor pangan dan pelatihan SDM pertanian, dan beras yang akan diekspor berasal dari Merauke, Papua.
Jakarta (B2B) - Indonesian government plans to export rice to countries in the Pacific Ocean region: the Republic of the Fiji Islands, Samoa and the Vanuatu Republic, with a competitive selling price of around US $ 1 while the price of rice in the country is around US $ 2 per kg, and rice exports are supplied from crops in Merauke of Papua.
The plan was revealed from the meeting of Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman here on Wednesday (August 9) with Minister of Agriculture, Rural, Maritime Development and National Disaster Management of Fiji, Inia Batikoto Seruiratu; Samoa Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Leuatea Polataivao Fossie Schmidt Laauli; and Vanuatu Agriculture, Livestock, Forestry, Fisheries and Biosafety, Seremaia Matai Nawalu.
"The rice prices of Pacific Ocean country is around two US dollars, and Indonesia offers competitive prices, only one US dollar," Minister Sulaiman told reporters.
During the meeting, he and his colleagues discussed the cooperation of the food sector and the training of agricultural human resources, and the rice to be exported from Merauke of Papua, he added.
