Jokowi Scheduled to Release Export of 6 Leading South Sulawesi Commodities in Makassar New Port
MAKASSAR, iNews.id - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) is scheduled to release 716,000 tons of South Sulawesi's leading commodities at the 2021 Export Merdeka Expo. This activity will be held simultaneously in 17 main ports in Indonesia, Saturday (14/8/2021). Head of the Makassar Agricultural Quarantine Center, Lutfie Natsir, said that specifically for the release of South Sulawesi export commodities, the focus was on the Makassar New Port (MNP).
In the release of exports later, the economic value of the six commodities will reach more than IDR 51 billion. However, the export value is expected to increase according to the number of requests. "Alhamdulillah, after the latest update of our data, the progress of export values continues to move up from Rp. 28 billion to Rp. 51 billion," he said after meeting the Acting Governor of South Sulawesi Andi Sudirman Sulaiman, Tuesday (10/8/2021).