Lampung's Export to China Reaches 721,949 Tons

Bandar Lampung (News Today) - Lampung’s nonoil/gas commodity exports to China reached 721.949 tons in the Jan-April 2010 period. Head of the Lampung small and medium industrial and trade cooperatives agency Suparmo said here Sunday that Lampung’s nonoil/gas exports to China in the first quarter of this year reached 721,949 tons worth 50.16 million dollars.

Suparmo said that during that period 15 of Lampung’s commodities had been exported to China, including frozen shrimp, swallow nests, robusta coffee, resin, crude palm oil, cacao, pineapple, in addition to copra iron ore, manganese ore, rubber, palm shell charcoal, coconut net charcoal, and coconut fiber.

The exporters of these commodities were PT Centrl Proteinaprima TBK, PT Keong Nusantara Abadi, PT Indo Cafco, PT Harapan Sawit Lestari, PT Tunas Baru Lampung TBK, PT Cocoa Perkasa Sulawesi, PT Karunai Alam Prima Sejati. Also exporting the commodities were PT Kolingkas, PT Boyu Asia Resources, PT Daya Makmur Perkasa, PT Andalas Tetra Jaya, PT Tambang Batu Bara Bukit Asam, PT Berdikari (Persero), PT Perkebunan Nusantara (PTPN) VII, PT Komering Jaya Perdana, PT Stimec International, PT Abdi Andalan Abadi Jaya, and CV Zakwan Trading.

Suparmo also said that last year Lampung’s nonoil/gas exports to China reached 3,291,972 tons estimated at 287.8 million US dollars. Compared to the 2008 exports of 516,883 tons worth 185.12 million dollars, the volume increased by 536.89 percent, and its value by 55.46 percent.

The other countries in East Asia which had also imported a great deal of Lampung’s nonoil/gas commodities included Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan.

Source : kompas.com

Posted in: