Indonesia targeting top position world coffee supply : Indonesia targeting the prime position as the world's coffee supply countries, where it is currently the largest exporter is still occupied by Brazil and Indonesia was in fifth position behind Brazil, Vietnam, Colombia and Germany."Indonesia must be a supplier of coffee first rank of the world," said Director General of Export Development (DG PEN) Nus Nuzulia Ishak in a press release here on Saturday.
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To reach the top position as the supplier of the world's coffee, a series of activities conducted by Directorate-General (DG) PEN one of them at the World Expo Milano (WEM) 2015 Indonesia Coffee Week will be held on 28 September-2 October 2015 in Milan, Italy..
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Together with the Association of Coffee Exporters Association (GAEKI), Directorate General of PEN introduce exotic and magical flavor of Indonesian coffee in the arena WEM 2015 by cupping and networking activities, special displays, as well as the distribution of free coffee for a week.
The coffee served is derived from the entire coffee production centers in Indonesia, Sumatra, Java, Bali and Flores, Sulawesi, and Papua.
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"Ultimately, to commemorate the first international coffee, civet coffee division will be held at the same time raising funds. The funds collected from visitors of the world will then be handed over to the coffee growers in Indonesia," said Nus.
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According to Nus, Italy is a major consumer of the world's biggest coffee after the USA and Germany, while in the European Union, Italy is the second largest consumer after Germany, with a total consumption of 546.78 thousand tons in 2014.
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Potential, according to Nus, need to be accompanied by strong efforts to boost Indonesia's position as a supplier of coffee to-5 world of 348.83 thousand tons last year, in order to shift the world's four major coffee supplier.
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"The culture of drinking coffee so tightly in Italy. We introduce the best coffee blends archipelago. Then the coffee market is so high that we want to grab and switch from coffee beans into coffee processing," added Nus.
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Indonesia's coffee exports to Italy during the last five years experienced a positive trend by 10.14 per cent, whereas in 2014 and coffee exports reached 29.75 thousand tons with a value of 69.64 million US dollars.
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While the value of exports during the period January-June 2015 increased sharply by 65.86 percent from the previous 26.66 million dollars to 44.21 million US dollars over the same period a year ago.
Indonesia Pavilion at WEM area in 2015 with the theme "Stage of the World". This pavilion is equipped with a video wall dome Indonesia's marine wealth, spices typical display in the map Indonesian archipelago, and virtual reality. Until now, the Indonesian pavilion has been siphoning more than 1.7 million visitors.
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"The success of Indonesia in the WEM 2015 could not be separated from the cooperation and support of all parties. The image of both Indonesia in the eyes of the world will eventually be a sweet gift for the 70th anniversary of the founding of this country," nus said.
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