Jakarta (VNA) - Indonesian companies will soon startto export chicken products to Singapore, Indonesia’s Ministry of Agriculturehas said.
The ministry added that it is working with more businessesto obtain permission to export chicken products to the neighbouring country.
Singapore announced on June 30 that it has added Indonesia asa new source for the import of chilled, frozen and processed chicken.
According to the Singapore Food Agency (SFA), threecompanies from Indonesia were given permission to export chicken meat andchicken meat products to the country. Two of the firms are Indonesiansubsidiaries of Thailand-based food conglomerate Charoen Pokphand, while theother is a subsidiary of Indonesian frozen food giant Japfa Comfeed.
Mdm Tri Mela Sari, director of animal product processing andmarketing at the Indonesian ministry, said that the three accredited businesseshave yet to export their products to Singapore. The export process and volume willdepend on negotiations between them and their Singaporean counterparts.
According to the official, there are 12 other Indonesiancompanies currently seeking permission to export chicken products to Singapore,with their applications already submitted to the SFA.
Singapore imported 214,400 tonnes of chicken meat last year,about a third were from Malaysia./.
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Illustrative photo (Source: The Jakarta Post) 
