Algeria witnesses surge in coffee export inquiries

That was conveyed by one of the entrepreneurs and an importer of Indonesian coffee from Algeria, Fouad Hamdani, so Secretary Three Pensosbud KBRI Algerian, Darmia Dimu to Antara London, Monday. According to Fouad Hamdani, from his observations in recent years, coffee from Indonesia is one of the coffees that are quite popular in society here (Algeria). The characteristic flavors of coffee from Indonesia are quite distinctive and unique, making it a favorite of the locals, said Fouad, who is also the director of PT Africafe, one of the largest Algerian coffee companies that exports its products to other countries in Africa and Europe. When met by the Indonesian Ambassador to Algeria, Safira Machrusah at his factory last weekend, Fouad highlighted that the type of Indonesian coffee that entered Algeria in bulk was Robusta. While the Arabica type is still not very abundant. In total, the company imports coffee from Indonesia reaching 6,000 tons per year. His party is planning to increase the volume of imported coffee from Indonesia in the next few moments, considering the trend of the Algerian market demand for Indonesian Robusta coffee which tends to increase. Seeing the increasing trend in demand for Indonesian coffee, we will try to increase the volume of our coffee imports from Indonesia. But I can't yet be sure how big the increase will be because for more details, we will still conduct a market survey first. Nevertheless, his party revealed a number of constraints faced when importing coffee from Indonesia. Up until now, the importation process still has to go through third parties, namely traders from European countries such as Belgium and France. This is due to the fact that until now goods entering and leaving Indonesia to Algeria are subject to fairly high customs duties, due to the failure of the Second Joint Commission Meeting (SKB) between Indonesia and Algeria. For that reason, Fouad hopes that the Indonesian Ambassador can work towards increasing the level of trade cooperation between the two countries, especially in coffee commodities. He also hopes to be able to transact directly with coffee farmers from Indonesia, without going through third party intermediaries. In response to this, the Ambassador suggests that Algerian coffee entrepreneurs open a trade representative office in Indonesia. It is hoped that with the opening of a trade representative office in Indonesia, Algerian coffee importers can transact directly with producers from Indonesia, so that prices obtained can be more competitive. The Ambassador continues to strive to hold the Second Joint Commission Meeting (SKB) between the two countries, especially to remove barriers which so far have been quite significant stumbling blocks for trade between the two countries. Algeria is one of the largest consumers of coffee in the Middle East and Africa. The trend of growing consumption of coffee in Algeria has experienced an increase in volume from three percent in 2012 to six percent during 2014. On average, Algerians consume about 13 grams of coffee per day, or as much as four kilograms per year.
Editor: Ruslan Burhani
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