arabica coffee price -Central Java are required to optimize the export efforts in particular types of arabica coffee beans that cost very promising than other types of robusta. Price per kilogram of dry bean arabica now streaking in the range of Rp 38 thousand-Rp 42 thousand or jumped sharply from late last year that only Rp 25 thousand / kg. While this type of robusta from the previous USD 11 thousand now touched the figure of Rp 18 thousand / kg.
Vice Chairman of the Association of Indonesian Coffee Exporters (AEKI) Central Java Moelyono Soesilo revealed two types of coffee has become the flagship product exports originating from a number of areas such as Waterford, Wonosobo, Ungaran, Kendal and Starch. In contrast to robusta can be planted at an altitude of 400 meters above sea level, then arabica requires minimal land above 1,000 meters above sea level with a cool air.
This association was recorded throughout 2010, the amount of robusta and arabica exports totaled 10,323 tons, worth 19.96 million U.S. dollars. This figure has slumped about 10% from the previous year due to extreme weather this was the first coffee inhibit the rate of flowering until harvest takes place.
''The price is continue to rise mainly arabica but because of weather conditions like this possible in 2011, the decline could reach 20% -30%,''said Moelyono in coffee bean processing plants export Indonesia PT Delta Park Industrial Estate Terboyo, this afternoon, Friday (25 / 2).arabica coffee price
In addition to weather and land conditions with a certain height, the behavior of farmers in arabica coffee harvest also become one of the obstacles. Farmers usually can not wait for stringed red (ripe) and when it was still green and hard already harvested, but if the patient 1 to 1.5 months, the price is very high.
''Harvested young arabica coffee prices fell clearly the same as robusta coffee. So to optimize the quality of export, the farmers of Central Java need to be understanding about it,''he explained.arabica coffee price
Currently the export market coffee from Java was sent to the largest number of countries are Japan (50%) and Middle East (12%), America and Germany. Other Java coffee is also exported to Spain, Italy, UK, Malaysia and some countries in Europe.
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