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Welcome to the CMIC

 

About the Coconut Market Information Center (CMIC)
The Coconut Market Information Center (CMIC) is a new online service that is dedicated to providing information and other resources to the Coconut sector in North Sulawesi, with the main goal of enhancing production and market potential. The CMIC also offers domestic and international buyers or investors the ability to become more familiar with the supply of coconut products from the region and the opportunities that this represents.
The CMIC is in its first phase of development, and will continue to grow and provide access to an expanding collection of information in order to fulfill these objectives. Future enhancements to the CMIC will provide small businesses, government and stakeholder organizations, and farmers improved access to the information and marketing services needed to improve and expand the coconut community.


The CMICs key supporters and stakeholders are:

  • BIMP-EAGA North Sulawesi (facilitator of the CMIC)
  • BALITKA
  • BARISTAN
  • Department of Industry & Trade
  • Department of Plantations
  • Department of Cooperatives & Small Business
  • KAPET Manado-Bitung


The CMIC is was developed with the support of the Canada Indonesia Private Sector Enterprise Development (CIPSED) project, funded by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).

 

 

Alternative To Liquid Coconut Milk Now Available

From APCC Cocommunity Newsletter, December 2011

Using coconut milk is not a cumbersome or time consuming process anymore for those who want to include coconut in their regular diet. Read more...

   

China Still The Major Buyer Of Coconut Coir Products

From APCC Cocommunity Newsletter, December 2011

China is still the major buyer of coir products in the world market. For raw coconut fiber, the country absorbed about 64% of the total import demand amounting to 272,000 MT in 2010. Read more...

   

North Sulawesi exports 1,800 tons of COPRA to Philippines

Manado, North Sulawesi (ANTARA News) – North Sulawesi province exported 1,800 tons of copra to the Philippines early this month.

“The exports to the Philippines produced 1.44 million US dollars, and had been a golden opportunity for the coconut growers,” head of the N Sulawesi industrial and trade agency Sanny Parengkuan said here Wednesday.
Read more...

   

Coconut Oil Price

Date Spot Price
Bitung Rp/Kg
 1-mo Forward
Rotterdam US$/ton
19-1-12 10,000
 910.00
18-1-12 10,000 910.00
17-1-12
10,000 910.00
16-1-12 10,000 910.00

*Source North Sulawesi Trade and Industry Agency
& APCC (Asia Pacific Coconut Community)

FIGHTING PREMATURE GRAYING

Intake of curry leaves is considered beneficial in preventing premature graying of hair. These leaves have the property of providing vitality and strength to hair roots. New hair roots that grow are healthier and contain normal pigment. When the leaves are boiled in coconut oil, the oil forms an excellent hair tonic to stimulate hair growth and bring back hair pigmentation. (http://www.arabonline.com)

Copra Price

Date Spot Price
Bitung Rp/Kg
19-1-12 7.200
18-1-12 7.200
17-1-12 7.200
16-1-12 7.200

* Source North Sulawesi Trade and Industry Agency

INDONESIA LAUNCHES VITAMIN A FORTIFIED OIL CAMPAIGN

INDONESIA LAUNCHES VITAMIN A FORTIFIED OIL CAMPAIGN

The Global Alliances for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) has launched a “major multi-sector partnership” to provide vitamin A fortified vegetable oil to 80 percent of Indonesia’s 230 million inhabitants. The alliance includes the Indonesian Nutrition Foundation for Food Fortification Development (KFI), vegetable oil producers, and the Vice Ministers for Agriculture, Industry & Trad and Education and the Vice Minister of National Planning Agency.

The program aims to address stunted growth which affects 40 percent of Indonesian schoolchildren are vitamin A deficient. GAIN said the grant would allow the oil industry to buy the vitamins and minerals from BASF which had become the chosen supplier after winning a tender process for the installment of the program.

Source: The Cocommunity Vol. XLI No.3, 1 March 2011

Featured Video

Coconut Oil Production

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Featured Links

BIMP-EAGA North Sulawesi
Brunei Indonesia Malaysia Phillipine East Asia Growth Area North Sulawesi
KAPET Manado Bitung
Integrated Economic Development Zone Manado Bitung
Asian and Pacific Coconut Community (APCC)
An intergovernmental organization of 15 major coconut producing countries accounting for over 90% of world coconut production and exports of coconut products.

Contact

Executive Secretary, BIMP-EAGA North Sulawesi Secretariat
Manado, North Sulawesi Indonesia
+62(431)847212
Fax: +62(431)847213
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Who We Are

The Coconut Market Information Center (CMIC) is a new online service that is dedicated to providing information and other resources to the Coconut sector in North Sulawesi, with the main goal of enhancing production and market potential.