Indonesian pearl grip 26 Percent of World Market

Indonesian pearl grip 26 Percent of World Market ; south sea pearl type (south sea pearl) from Indonesia who is known by the nickname "The Queen of Pearls", is now controlled 26 percent of the world market.

Jewelry from pearl oyster species "pinctada maxima" This is the best quality in the world, "said Head of Data Center for Statistics and Information (Pusdatin) Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (NOA),` an H. Soen Poernomo, in a press release, Saturday. "Underneath is black pearls from Tahiti and the type akayo from Japan," he said.

Citing Minister NOA Fadel Muhammad, he said, "Viewed from the area of cultivation, manpower, support equipment, and technology that has been mastered, should Indonesia has an opportunity to enhance its role in the international market to 50 per cent."

Therefore, said Fadel Muhammad, Lombok, Sumbawa Pearl Festival which took place this May 6-8 can be lifted back to the image of Indonesian pearls with pearl sells only high quality and good price for the export market.

The festival is also filled with the auction of pearls worth Rp7, 5 billion it expected to raise Lombok as Icon South Sea Pearls in the world, he said.

The government should encourage the sale by auction in Indonesian pearls that give added value to the cultivation of pearls and other sectors such as tourism and handicrafts industries.

In addition, the government will continue to promote "research development" to meet the needs of the conservation and sustainable pearl business, particularly the availability of good quality will be the natural parent.

Now, he said, about 90 percent of pearl cultivation is still dominated by foreign investors, namely from Australia and Japan.

According to him, lack of investors in the country is more due to the problem of capital because the banks are still reluctant to provide credit assistance to local farmers, although cultivation is very profitable.

In addition, pearl farming activities also have a good market prospect, and can enhance community empowerment.

He said the company's pearl cultivation in Indonesia around 71 companies and 38 companies have joined them in the Indonesian Pearl Culture Association (Asbumi). The company is spread in the region Bali, West Nusa Tenggara, East Nusa Tenggara, Lampung, Maluku, Papua, Sulawesi and Halmahera.

To develop the cultivation of pearls, the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries has conducted several arrangements, including engineering technology, seed pearl. In fact, the insertion of the core activities has been carried out by Indonesian workers.

In addition, the Minister issued Decree No. KP. 34/MEN/2002 of the General Guidelines of Coastal Spatial Planning that can be used as a basis for spatial planning of coastal areas to support the cultivation of pearls.

Then, issued Regulation No. Minister KP. Business License PER.12/MEN/2007 about fish farming.

Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries to make an application to support the determination of digitized map coordinates in the cultivation of a location permit issuance.

`An H. Soen Poernomo who is also a member of the Expert Council deems it necessary Asbumi built "Pearl Center" in the country, considering that Indonesia is a source of pearls "south sea pearls", the largest archipelago country in the world, and the location is in the tropics.

He explained that "Pearl Center" is an island that used for the cultivation, training, research, and tourism, specifically for pearls.

The existence of "Pearl Center's" is also intended to encourage tourist visits to the NTB to the "One Million Tourists in Year 2012".

Landmarks West Nusa, he continued, has a comparative advantage is geographically close to the island of Java, which is the commercial hub, and the characteristics of waters are capable of producing pearls NTB - bronze, emerald, and metal - with a distinctive color that is not produced in waters anywhere in the world .

The Province also has the highest number of farm areas in Indonesia with an area that has been used since more than 6000 hectares.

The other thing about Indonesia is the pearl mussel species pinctada maxima which is the largest type size in the "genus pinctada" and producing the best pearls (queen-of-pearl). This species is millions of years ago came from Trench Bandanaira.

Then, spread to the species' golden lip "to the north to the islands of Palawan Philippines, westward to the Nicobar islands and species of" white lip "spread eastwards to Papua and also to the south up to Australia, he said.

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