Posted on May 7, 2012, Monday
EXPORT
PROTOCOL: Photo of dried bird’s nests at a shop off Port Klang.
Indonesia can now directly export bird’s nest to China without having to
go through a third party, following the signing of an export protocol
between both countries.
JAKARTA:
Indonesia can now directly export bird’s nest to China without having
to go through a third party, namely Malaysia, following the signing of
an export protocol between both countries. “We can now export
directly to China. A standard has been achieved between China and
Indonesia and it now being discussed technically,” said Indonesia’s
Agriculture Minister, Suswono.
He said on the Ministry’s website
here yesterday that with the standard, there will be integrity between
both parties and it will benefit Indonesia from the aspect of the sales
price. “As you know, prior to this deal, there was no special arrangement on the export of the bird’s nest.
“As
such, there were some parties who took advantage of the loophole, to
improperly export and without any quality assurance,” Suswono added. He
said all this while, the bird’s nest was being sold via Malaysia at a
very low price and to the point of causing an economic loss.
The
bird’s nest sold to Malaysia cost only five million rupiah a kilogramme,
while the price in China was as high as 37 million rupiah a kilogramme. Indonesia
has at present the potential to produce 400,000 tonnes of bird’s nest
annually from its various districts like Lumajang and Gresik. — Bernama
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