Jakarta, April 14, 2016 (Antara) - The Indonesian government is currently working on creating a roadmap for developing the seaweed processing industry.
The roadmap, which is being drafted under the supervision of the coordinating minister for economic affairs and to be included in a presidential regulation, will set a production target, development direction, and a plan of action to realize the target of seaweed cultivation.
"The industry ministry cannot alone carry out the development of the seaweed industry, and therefore, the work is being coordinated by the coordinating ministry for economic affairs," Abdul Rochim, the food, seafood product and fishery industry director of the industry ministry, noted recently.
Indonesia is a major supplier of dried seaweed in the world, with a total production of 237.8 thousand tons, or 56 percent of the world's seaweed production reaching 424 thousand tons.
Indonesia exports 152.9 thousand tons, or 64.3 percent of its total dried seaweed production, to China, Malaysia, and Singapore, among others.
Seaweed production is an integral part of the Indonesian blue economy initiative and fisheries industrialization program.
