Kendari, SE Sulawesi (ANTARA) - Head of the Southeast Sulawesi Industry and Trade Agency Sitti Saleha drew attention to a spike in vaname shrimp exports to Japan.
"Based on the export trend, vaname shrimp exports increased this year as compared to the previous year," Saleha stated here on Wednesday.
In 2020, some 259.39 tons of vaname shrimp, valued at Rp28.59 billion, were exported from Southeast Sulawesi to Japan.
"Meanwhile, for this year, although just having entered the second week of March, we already exported 102 tons. This figure will continue to grow in line with the export demand for the next eight months," Saleha remarked.
Saleha noted that entrepreneurs in the fishery sector in the area were recently inclined to do business in the vaname shrimp commodity as compared to exporting other types of shrimp.
"Although the price of vaname shrimp is much lower than that of sito shrimp, vaname shrimp are more widely sold and available in the market. Hence, the fishery product business is quite promising," she pointed out.
The vaname shrimps for exports come from farmers in the districts of Konawe Selatan, Muna, Kolaka, and Bombana.
Saleha affirmed that the agency will constantly encourage entrepreneurs to export directly to boost the regional economy.
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