Indonesia’s Fishery Exports Rise Amid Global Demand

The Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) stated that Indonesia’s fishery export performance from January to October 2025 reached 5.07 billion US dollars, or around 84.54 trillion rupiah. The ministry noted that the figure represents a 5.1-percent year-on-year increase based on data from Statistics Indonesia (BPS).

Acting Director General for Marine and Fisheries Product Competitiveness, Machmud, made the update during the 2025 marine and fisheries performance press conference in Jakarta, Thursday (12/11/2025). He stated that this year’s achievement exceeds the 4.82 billion US dollars recorded in the same period of 2024.

Mahmud underlined that the continued rise in export value reflects improving competitiveness in Indonesia’s fishery sector. “There has been an increase from 4.82 billion US dollars in January–October 2024 to 5.07 billion US dollars now. This means the position has risen by around 5.1 percent year on year, and the strongest growth comes from the United States,” he said.

He added that the U.S. market contributed significantly to the rise in export performance. “This is really excellent progress, even though we only explored the U.S. market for one month,” Machmud stated.

Meanwhile, on the occasion, the Head of the Agency for Fishery Product Quality and Safety Control (BPPMHKP), Ishartini, highlighted broader global acceptance of Indonesia’s fishery products. She noted that Indonesian products have now entered 147 out of 193 UN member states this year.

According to her, this achievement demonstrates that Indonesia consistently meets international export requirements and global quality standards. “We are now feeding the world. A total of 147 countries can receive our fishery products because we already meet export requirements set by destination countries and international standards,” Ishartini noted.

She mentioned that meeting these standards helps support the ministry’s export growth targets. Ishartini stressed that strengthened compliance has allowed the sector to maintain momentum even amid challenges, including temporary issues affecting shipments to the United States earlier this year.

Source: RRI