Indonesia to Seize Pork Export Opportunity
Indonesian Agriculture Ministry plans to export live pigs and pork as an alternative to boost the country’s revenues. The industry, mostly run by local farmers, has been importing pork products to neighbouring countries and currently have an excess of supply.
According to the Agriculture Ministry’s Agriculture Production and Marketing Director General Fini Murfiani, Indonesia could capitalise on the failure of traditional pork suppliers to meet global demands. Chinese, South American even ASEAN–based, like Vietnamese, Laotian, and Burmese, farmers have been facing a devastating outbreak of African Swine Fever which leads to the decrease of production.