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FAREL REYHANANDA NUGRAHA 03411440000036

CRISMANTO DARMAWAN 03411440000066
THE ROLE OF INDONESIA IN THE WORLD ABOUT GEOPANGAN
INDONESIA SEAWEED EXPORT
Along with the increasing world demand for seaweed commodity today, Indonesias
Government always encourage the cultivation and industrialization of seaweed. The potential
and quality of Indonesian seaweed and its derivative products is remarkable and it is also what
makes it attractive to many countries in the world. Almost approximately 555 types of seaweed
in Indonesia and most of the seaweed products have been exported as dried and processed
seaweed.
Indonesia seaweed is known for its good quality and much in demand by the industry
because it contains a source of high enough jelly and alginate that suitable for use as raw material
for food industry, flavor softener, ice cream prevention crystallization and medicine. In addition,
seaweed in Indonesia can also be used as raw cutting material for sea cut-gut, porcelain
decoration (color binder and plasticizer), cloth industry (color binder), paper industry (lackuer
and booster and pelican paper) photography industry (gelatin substitute), medicinal ingredients
(medicinal diseases: hyacinth / basedow, rheumatic, cancer, chronic bronchitis / emphysema,
scrofula, bile / bladder disorders, kidney, gastric / gastrointestinal ulcers, blood cholesterol
reduction, anti hypertension, lose weight, anti oxidants), bio fuel fuel and so forth.
The good quality that seaweed has, in addition to its cultivation is done in a way that is
good and true, the climate and geography of Indonesia (sunshine, flow, pressure and water
quality and salinity) in accordance with the biological needs and growth of seaweed. Therefore,
seaweed can absorb sunlight and seawater nutrition optimally and produce seaweed rich in
poliskarida (jelly & fat), phaeophyceae (alginat), chlorophyceae (starch & fat).
Indonesia as an archipelagic country with a total of 17,504 islands and 81,000 km coastline
length has enormous potential for seaweed commodity development, where its development
activities have been carried out across Indonesian waters from Nangroe Aceh Darusalam to
Papua. The indicative land area that can be utilized for the cultivation of Indonesian seaweed
commodity reaches 769,452 ha. Of that amount, only about 50% or 384,733 ha is effectively
utilized, and will continue to be utilized so that the 2014 production target of 10 million tons can
be achieved.
The increase in Indonesian seaweed exports is due to high demand from Germany, Hong
Kong, Chile and the Philippines. In 2010, Indonesia's export quantity to Germany jumped
196.35%, Hongkong 135.84%, Chile 106.76% and Philippines rose 86.74%. In 2012, Indonesia's
largest seaweed export destination is China which has 67% or US $ 90 million, followed by
Philippines, Chile, Hong Kong and South Korea. Meanwhile, Indonesia's seaweed export
destination countries with the highest trend in the period 2008 - 2012 are China, (30.72%), Hong
Kong (14.51%), and Vietnam (13.64%).
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CRISMANTO DARMAWAN 03411440000066
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