Indonesia eyes global cacao processing hub status
File – Workers dry fermented cacao beans in Jembrana, Bali, on August 26, 2022. (ANTARA FOTO/Nyoman Hendra Wibowo/foc) Jakarta (ANTARA) – Indonesia is pursuing to become a global cacao processing center, leveraging its position as the world’s third-largest cacao producer with an annual output of around 700,000 tons, according to an official. Currently, there are […]
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Based on data from the International Cocoa Organization (ICCO) for 2021/2022, Indonesia ranks third in the world as a cocoa product processing country. In addition, Indonesia ranks sixth in the world as the largest producer of cocoa beans. “The cocoa processing industry is able to contribute more than USD 1 billion in foreign exchange in […]
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