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Fri, 11/21/2008 - 17:58
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N SUMATRA SHRIMP EXPORTS INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY
Medan, Indonesia, Nov 21 (ANTARA) - Overseas demand for North Sumatra shrimp has increased with exports last October reaching 11,042 tons valued at US$ 75.6 million or significantly up from 9,299 tons worth US63.24 million a year earlier, a local trade official said.
The shrimp exports went to Hong Kong and France as well as to traditional importing countries such as the United States, the Netherlands, Italy and Belgium, Fitra Kurnia of the North Sumatra trade and industry office, said here Friday.
High demand for North Sumatra shrimp was expected to continue until the end of this year despite the current global economic crisis, he said.
Orders for the commodity were continuing to come in even from the US where the global financial crisis started.
Most of the shrimp exported by North Sumatra now comes from the sea as local farmers have abandoned inland shrimp breeding following the outbreak of a pest infecting the shrimps' gills a few years ago, he said.
Meanwhile, Yopie Batubara, a local shrimp businessman, said the pest caused local shrimp pond farmers to suffer great losses and therefore, they had stopped breeding shrimp in ponds.
Now, the former shrimp ponds were being used to cultivate seaweed and milkfish. "The results are quite good," he said.
The shrimp exports went to Hong Kong and France as well as to traditional importing countries such as the United States, the Netherlands, Italy and Belgium, Fitra Kurnia of the North Sumatra trade and industry office, said here Friday.
High demand for North Sumatra shrimp was expected to continue until the end of this year despite the current global economic crisis, he said.
Orders for the commodity were continuing to come in even from the US where the global financial crisis started.
Most of the shrimp exported by North Sumatra now comes from the sea as local farmers have abandoned inland shrimp breeding following the outbreak of a pest infecting the shrimps' gills a few years ago, he said.
Meanwhile, Yopie Batubara, a local shrimp businessman, said the pest caused local shrimp pond farmers to suffer great losses and therefore, they had stopped breeding shrimp in ponds.
Now, the former shrimp ponds were being used to cultivate seaweed and milkfish. "The results are quite good," he said.
