Indonesia's coffee production has dropped by 30% this year, and coffee demand has increased by an average of 10% a year.

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By the third quarter of this year, national coffee production has dropped by an average of 25% to 30%. Coffee production has dropped sharply due to unstable weather and insect attacks on coffee production centers across the country, and coffee plantations in the eastern part of our country have been the most affected.

A few days ago, Paranodo, vice chairman of the Indonesian Coffee exporters Association (AEKI). Pranoto Soenarto told reporters that coffee garden centers in Sumatra, such as Lampung and Java, are the only hope, as the weather in Java and Sumatra is relatively better than in other areas.

Paranado claimed that at present, China's average coffee production per hectare (ha) is about 600kg to 800kg, which is different from that of other countries, such as Vietnam, which produces an average of 2.3kg per hectare and Brazil produces an average of 8 tons per hectare. "our production capacity is very low. If we start to improve from now on, we will not see results until at least five years later. What I hope is that our country can produce 1.2 to 1.5 tons per hectare, so that farmers can prosper."

Paranodo stated that although the output is still low, the coffee produced in our country, especially Arabika, is still very expensive, with a price of US $5 to US $6 per kilogram in the global market, so more and more farmers are moving to grow special coffee, although special coffee has to choose the best coffee seeds and needs to be treated differently from ordinary coffee.

He explained that at present, only 30 per cent of China's special coffee production comes from Arabica coffee, while the remaining 5 per cent is robusta coffee (kopi Robusta).

Syafrudin, president of the Indonesian Association of Special Coffee Merchants (AKSI), added that at a time when coffee production was falling, demand for special coffee was still rising by an average of 8 to 10 per cent a year, not only from the export market, but also from the domestic market.

At present, there are many cafes in several parts of the country, and our people's love for coffee has also begun to increase. "although production is lower, there is still a market for special coffee, which can also improve the welfare of coffee farmers."

Last year, China produced only 690000 1000 tons of coffee, which is far below the annual production of 840000 tons in Colombia (Kolombia), 1.6 million tons in Vietnam and 3 million tons in Brazil.