Cicak jadi komoditi eksport Indonesia

SEORANG pekerja memunggah cicak kering yang diproses di sebuah kilang di Jawa Timur.

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SURABAYA - Perniagaan cicak di Indonesia kini sudah menjadi bahan komoditi eksport ekoran permintaan tinggi di luar negara, lapor sebuah akhbar semalam.

Seorang pengusaha dikenali sebagai Sugiyanto, 38, di Probolinggo dekat sini memberitahu, haiwan eksotik itu telah lama menembusi pasaran rantau Asia Tenggara terutama Singapura selain Jepun, China dan Taiwan.

"Setiap bulan, kami hanya mampu memproses 3,000 ekor cicak sebelum dijual pada harga 4,000 rupiah (RM1.40) seekor," katanya.

Kelmarin beberapa akhbar Indonesia melaporkan seorang pemuda Malaysia menemui seekor cicak gergasi di kawasan hutan dekat sempadan Kalimantan-Sabah dan dijual pada harga RM64 juta.

Pengusaha cicak ujar Sugiyanti memperoleh bekalan daripada penduduk tempatan pada harga 1,750 rupiah (62 sen) seekor.

Berikutan permintaan tinggi pembeli yang mendakwa cicak memiliki banyak khasiat untuk kesihatan tubuh, ramai penduduk sanggup memburu cicak liar di hutan dan menjadikannya sebagai sumber utama pendapatan keluarga. - Agensi

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Kerajaan mungkin keluar permit import ayam

PUTRAJAYA: Permit import (AP) ayam diliberalisasikan bagi membolehkan ayam diimport dari luar negara selaras dengan usaha mengawal dan memastikan bekalan ayam di negara ini sentiasa mencukupi.

Menteri Perdagangan Dalam Negeri dan Hal Ehwal Pengguna, Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, berkata langkah itu satu daripada cara mengurangkan pergantungan bekalan ayam dalam negara, sekali gus menggalakkan pembekal dan peniaga tempatan menjual ayam pada harga lebih rendah.

“Kalau ayam import dijual dengan harga murah, tentu peniaga dan pembekal ayam di peringkat tempatan bekalkan harga ayam dengan harga murah, kalau tidak orang tak beli ayam dibekalkan penternak tempatan.

“Malah, mereka juga menanggung kerugian sekiranya tidak menjual ayam dalam tempoh 35 hari kerana selepas tempoh itu ia dianggap ayam tua dan harganya akan jatuh. Jadi, mereka (pembekal dan peniaga) tiada pilihan dan terpaksa jual dengan harga murah,” katanya pada sidang media selepas mesyuarat pasca kabinet di kementeriannya di sini, semalam.

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Agence France-Presse - 3/18/2009 8:50 AM GMT

EU inspectors clear Malaysian frozen seafood: official

European Union inspectors have given the green light to Malaysian frozen seafood, 10 months after exports were suspended over health issues, an EU official said Wednesday.

However, all EU member nations will have to agree to the report by the body's Food and Veterinary Office (FVO) before exports can resume, the official told AFP.

Malaysian seafood exports to the EU were banned in June after an inspection raised health concerns.

The Star daily said that EU experts have approved frozen seafood products from five Malaysian companies and four farms following a visit earlier this month and that they will now inspect live sea catches.

"It looks good but it is not official and will not be official for some weeks," the EU official said on condition of anonymity.

"Technically, it has not been approved yet as there is a chance that the recommendations of the experts and inspectors could be overturned," he said.

"The EU now has to review the report and present it and its recommendations to the member states, and only when they agree will it be approved. This could take up to six weeks."

Malaysia's Health Minister Liow Tiong Lai told the Star his ministry would try to help expedite the process.

"I am happy the FVO has cleared all the doubts and has readmitted Malaysia into the EU import list," he reportedly said.

Malaysia's frozen seafood exports to the EU are worth about 600 million ringgit (164 million US dollars) annually, the paper reported.

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Malaysia's industrial output drops 15.6 percent

Agence France-Presse - 2/11/2009 12:54 PM GMT

Malaysia's industrial output drops 15.6 percent

Malaysian industrial output dropped 15.6 percent year-on-year in December 2008 as the global recession hit demand for Asian exports of manufactured goods, government data showed Wednesday.

Malaysian manufacturing production also plunged 18.4 percent over the past year, according to the data released by the national statistics department.

On a monthly basis, the industrial production index (IPI) was down 5.2 percent in December.

"The contraction in December 2008 was due to the decreases in the three indices -- manufacturing (18.4 percent), mining (8.4 percent) and electricity (6.2 percent)," the statistics department said in a statement.

Malaysia is planning for a second stimulus package after rolling out a seven billion ringgit (1.9 billion dollars) spending plan last November.

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Malaysia's exports slump 14.9 pct in December

Agence France-Presse - 2/12/2009 5:13 AM GMT

Malaysia's exports slump 14.9 pct in December

Malaysia's exports slumped 14.9 percent year on year in December, as demand from China, Europe and the United States declined sharply, according to official data released Thursday.

Imports crashed 23.1 percent as consumers reined in spending due to a looming recession, which the government is attempting to fend off with a 2.0 billion dollar stimulus package, while a second is in the works.

The trade ministry said that in December total trade was worth 80.51 billion ringgit (22.34 billion dollars), a fall of 18.6 percent from a year ago.

However, Malaysia recorded a trade surplus of 11.67 billion dollars in the month, continuing an unbroken series of surpluses since November 1997.

The exports contraction was much sharper than expected, and was mostly due to falling demand for electrical and electronics goods, which account for nearly half of all exports. The sector fell 25.6 percent from a year ago.

Chemical and chemical products exports dropped 28 percent while palm oil exports eased 6.1 percent.

For 2008, Malaysia's total trade reached 1.185 trillion, an increase of 6.8 percent over 2007. Exports rose by 9.6 percent to 663.51 billion ringgit while imports increased 3.3 percent to 521.5 billion ringgit.

Malaysian exports fell 4.9 percent in November and 2.6 percent in October.

In December, exports to the US dropped to 5.5 billion ringgit from 7.88 billion ringgit a year ago, "due mainly to a decline in exports of electrical and electronic products", the trade ministry said in a statement.

Lower exports to Europe, which fell to 5.42 billion ringgit from 6.55 billion ringgit, were also blamed on lack of demand for electronics and electronic products, "as well as chemicals and chemical products".

China exports slumped to 3.68 billion ringgit from 5.24 billion ringgit with a decline in demand for a large range of products including electricals, palm oil, crude rubber and rubber products, and refined and crude petroleum.

The New Straits Times said that economists it polled had expected exports to shrink by an average 9.45 percent in December, and imports to fall by 12.65 percent.

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