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The Indonesian government's efforts to keep increasing various export commodities are beginning to show some results. One of them is the export of ornamental plants and vegetable seeds. When releasing these commodity exports from Bogor, West Java last Thursday (6/5), Coordinating Minister for the Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto appreciated the hard work of the Ministry of Agriculture which continues to encourage increased exports of agricultural products, including ornamental plants. He hopes that this achievement will be maintained and continuously improved by facilitating the export process.

Minister Airlangga further stated that the ornamental plants (Florikuktura) have a large market share. He also remarked that Indonesia should not lose opportunities to other countries that export similar products, such as the Netherlands. He perceived that if the Netherlands can export a large scale of the ornamental plants, so can Indonesia. Moreover, Indonesia has Bogor City and its surroundings which have a very supportive climate.

The export value of Indonesian ornamental plants according to the records of the Central Statistics Agency -BPS per year from 2017 to 2020 averaged US$p20 million dollars. This condition provides opportunities for domestic entrepreneurs, because the potential for developing tropical ornamental plants in Indonesia is very high.

Meanwhile, Minister of Agriculture, Syahrul Yasin Limpo expressed his gratitude and appreciation to the Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs for his support and attention so far in the agricultural sector. Minister Syahrul also stated that throughout 2020, the exports of Indonesian ornamental plants reached Rp53 billion with the destination countries of the Netherlands, the United States of America, Canada, Australia, Thailand, Germany, England and Singapore. He added that until April 2021, the volume of ornamental plants exported reached 8.5 million stems or the equivalent of Rp22.6 billion.