Suswono: Neraca Perdagangan Pertanian Surplus US$13 Miliar
Suswono: Indonesian Agricultural Trade Balance Surplus of U.S. $13 Billion
Reporter : Gusmiati Waris
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
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Jakarta (B2B) - Neraca perdagangan ekspor dan impor produk pertanian Indonesia hingga September 2013 menunjukkan surplus US$13,02 miliar. Dalam periode tersebut, ekspor pertanian Indonesia mencapai US$22,20 miliar sedangkan impor sebesar US$9,17 miliar.
"Suprlus neraca perdagangan pertanian masih didominasi oleh subsektor perkebunan mencapai 19,44 miliar dolar AS," kata Menteri Pertanian Suswono ketika memaparkan
ketika memaparkan Pangan dan Pertanian Indonesia: Refleksi 2013 dan Prospek 2014 di Jakarta, Senin (30/12).
Komoditas utama yang mengalami surplus terbesar yakni minyak sawit dengan nilai devisa US$12,6 miliar, karet sebesar US$5,26 miliar , disusul kopi US$917,8 juta, kakao US$794,7 juta, kelapa US$509,1 juta dan nenas US$110,7 juta.
Kemudian disusul komoditas ekspor utama yakni jagung, kacang tanah olahan, kedelai olahan, kacang hijau, ubi kayu olahan, kubis segar, jamur dan cendawan, cabe, jahe, dan babi hidup.
Sementara itu, lanjut Suswono, neraca perdagangan subsektor pertanian lainnya seperti tanaman pangan, hortikultura dan peternakan masih defisit.
Pada subsektor tanaman pangan, tambahnya, selama 2013 ekspor Indonesia sebesar US$104,5 juta sedangkan impor US$3,97 miliar sehingga mengalami defisit US$3,8 miliar.
Sedangkan untuk subsektor peternakan, nilai defisit perdagangan selama tahun ini sebesar 1,66 miliar dolar AS karena impor 2013 mencapai US$2,06 miliar sementara ekspor hanya US$401,7 juta.
Subsektor hortikultura menyumbang defisit sebesar US$876,9 juta terhadap nilai perdagangan sektor pertanian 2013, karena pada tahun ini ekspor hanya sebanyak US$303,5 juta sedangkan impor mencapai US$1,18 miliar.
Jakarta (B2B) - Indonesia enjoyed a surplus of US$13.02 billion from agricultural trade until September this year. During that period, Indonesia agricultural exports reached US$22.20 billion, while its imports were recorded at US$9.17 billion.
"The surplus in the balance of agricultural trade is chiefly contributed by the plantation sub-sector, reaching US$19.44 billion," Suswono, Agriculture Minister stated a 2013 Reflection on Food and Agriculture and Prospect in 2014, in Jakarta today.
Palm oil is the main commodity that recorded the biggest surplus and contributed up to US$12.6 billion worth of foreign exchange, followed by rubber US$5.26 billion, coffee US$917.8 million, cocoa US$794.7 million, coconuts US$509.1 million, and pineapples US$110.7 million, he emphasized.
Meanwhile, the other key export commodities include corn, processed nuts, processed soybeans, green nuts, processed cassava, fresh cabbage, mushrooms, chili, ginger, and live pigs.
Suswono added that the other agriculture sub-sectors such as, food crops, horticulture, and livestock still suffered a deficit in exports.
In the food crops sub-sector, Indonesia suffered a deficit of US$3.8 billion with its exports reaching only US$104.5 million, while its imports totaled US$3.97 billion, he remarked.
In the livestock sub-sector, the country experienced a deficit of US$1.66 billion this year, with imports recorded at US$2.06 billion and exports at only US$401.7 million.
Meanwhile, the deficit in the horticulture sub-sector was recoded at US$876.9 million with the countrys exports reaching only US$303.5 million, while imports at US$1.18 billion.
