TEMPO.CO, Jakarta-North Sulawesi Province exported 10,000 tons of Crude Coconut Oil (CCO) to the U.S. and Netherlands at the end of March 2016.
“The U.S. and Netherlands imported the CCO routinely every month in massive quantity,” said Head of North Sulawesi Industry and Trade Service Jenny Karouw in Manado, North Sulawesi, on Friday, April 29, 2016.
The highest amount of CCO exported to the U.S. was 9,000 tons and able to earn $9.65 million of revenue, while export to Netherlands was around 1,000 tons and able to reach revenue of $1.07 million.
Jenny explained if North Sulawesi is able to manufacture more than just the half-cooked commodity – the CCO – then its value-added will rise as well as the income of its farmers and exporters.
“We must maintain this market in order to remain as the potential market, and its shipment will continue to go up,” she said.
Jenny said the government will keep on supporting the CCO production of North Sulawesi as its flagship export product. CCO can be processed to become household products and also alternative biofuel.
ANTARA