MALANG, KOMPAS.com – The surge in world robusta coffee prices has caused the price of Tirtoyudo robusta to rise grades A raw (green beans) in Malang Regency coffee plantations also increased threefold.
Another impact, sales of roasted robusta coffee at one of the cafes in Malang City, Amstirdam Coffee, fell 10-15 percent compared to last year.
Launching news Compass which aired on Monday (27/5/2024), the decline in robusta coffee production in a number of countries caused market prices to rise.
According to Indonesian Embassy Hanoi Trade Attaché Addy P Soemantry, robusta production in Vietnam, for example, is predicted to fall by around 10 percent this year, partly due to climate change.
Vietnam is one of the largest coffee producing countries in the world.
Quotes global financial website Investing.comworld robusta coffee trade on Wednesday (16/10/2024) closed at a price of 4,865 US dollars per ton.
Meanwhile, according to data Statistathe world price of robusta in 2023 will be around 2.63 US dollars per kilogram or 2,630 US dollars per ton.
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The price of raw robusta in Malang has increased 3 times
Not only in the world, the price of robusta green beans in Malang it will also increase three times compared to 2023.
“The price of Tirtoyudo robusta coffee also rose last month to IDR 80,000 per kilogram which is random, if grades A to IDR 86,000 per kilogram. “Last year the highest was only IDR 30,000 per kilogram,” explained the coffee plantation owner and robusta coffee farmer Tirtoyudo Malang Surat Untung when contacted. Kompas.com on Friday (11/10/2024).
Random quality coffee is raw coffee from gardens that has not been sifted or sorted.
“If it’s sifted, it’s there grades A, B and C. The prices vary,” said Surat.
The increase in the price of Tirtoyudo robusta coffee beans benefits coffee farmers because it can cover operations such as repairing gardens and fertilizing.
Previously, the price of robusta was only around IDR 30,000 per kilogram, which burdened farmers, for example on fertilization.
However, the increase in robusta prices has reduced sales, such as supplies to one of the cafes in Malang City.
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He admitted delivery green beans Tirtoyudo robusta has decreased by around 50 percent in the last four months, different from 2021 to 2023.
