Samarinda, E.Kalimantan, April 13 (ANTARA News - Kaltim) - In the post-March 11 tsunami period exports from East Kalimantan had been predicted to increase , Head of the East Kalimantan Industry, Trade, Cooperatives, micro and, small and medium-scale enterprises, M Djailani said here, Wednesday.
The commodities to be exported include coal, plywood, shrimp, cocoa and various agricultural products, he added.
"The prediction is based on several facts, including the Kobe ​​earthquake in Japan in 2005," Djailani noted.
In that year, East Kalimantan's exports increased significantly, from US$1,121,875,133 in 2005 to US$1,269,931,552 in 2006, the need for reconstruction and alternative energy after the destruction of the nuclear energy power plant, that raised the needs for coal and plywood.
In addition, the areas hit by the earthquake and tsunami on March 11, including farmland, were in bad need of shrimp, cocoa, ginger and other agricultural products from a number of areas, including East Kalimantan which it has been supplying shrimp to Japan.
Japanese liked the shrimp produced in Tarakan and Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimantan province, although Japan is also producing shrimp.
Yet, along with the fishing bases severely damaged by the tsunami, shrimp can not be produced by the country itself, Djailani explained.
He said, during this time Japan was also a main destination of export commodities including oil and gas from East Kalimantan in the form of liquid natural gas (LNG) and liquid petroleum gas (LPG), so e demands continued to increase.
These commodities are predicted to continue rising to Japan along with its needs to look for alternative energy, which is used as a substitute the nuclear energy in Fhukhusima which was severely damaged.
Coal is also an energy source of Japan predicted to increase. But until now there is no data on increased coal exports because of the tsunami.
So far, Japan's coal needs came from Kalimantan province and supplied by two exporters, PT Kaltim Prima Coal and PT Indominco that produced coal of over 6,500 calories pic.
E Kalimantan's Exports To Japan Predictid To Incraese
Rabu, 13 April 2011 15:15 WIB