Indonesia's coffee production fell 30% this year, coffee demand increased by 10% annually

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By the third quarter of this year, Indonesia's national coffee production had dropped by an average of 25% to 30%. The sharp drop in coffee production was due to unstable weather and insect attacks on coffee production centers around the country, with coffee plantations in the eastern part of the country most affected.

A few days ago, Paranodo, vice chairman of the Indonesian Coffee exporters Association (AEKI). Pranoto Soenarto says coffee garden centres 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 India currently produces an average of about 600kg to 800kg per hectare (ha) of coffee, unlike other countries, such as Vietnam, which produces an average of 2.3kg per hectare and Brazil, which produces an average of 8 tonnes 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 production is still low, coffee produced in India, especially in Arabika, is still very expensive, with a price of US $5 to US $6 per kilogram on 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, India produces only 30 per cent of its specialty coffee, 25 per cent of which comes from Arabica coffee, while the remaining 5 per cent is 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 specialty 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 Indonesian domestic market.

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

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

Source: Indonesian Business Daily