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Travelling to find new opportunities by Chris Jackson, Export Manager UK TAG Having said in my last column that part of my job is to find new opportunities for our industry, I have been travelling again and have just returned from China and Indonesia. Let me tell you a little about Indonesia first, a land of opportunity. Here is a country with a population of 250,000,000 people who are largely Muslim of whom it is now reckoned that 84,000,000 fall in to the middle and upper classes with disposable incomes, more people than the UK the population, and with a move from rural to urban are looking for food quality and safety. Their agriculture industry ranges from subsistence farming to large scale and for their development they look generally towards Australia and the USA, they do not realise that the UK has a highly developed agricultural industry with world class research and development that could significantly help their industries’ development. Their major needs are to develop a cattle and dairy industry to cut their reliance on imports, this very much includes feed and milling along with animal health. Having developed production their need is for high-end slaughter, packing, marketing technology along with co operative marketing for the small-scale farmers. The Government is keen to help achieve these targets and with most SE Asian countries now importing food they would like to develop a significant export industry Along with cattle they are also looking for sheep and goats Rice and Maize production predominate along with a significant vegetable and flower industries. Also In Bali and Batam there are significant pig industries, the latter based solely on the export market of Singapore because of the demand for pig meat the local Government of East Nusa is wanting 22 | Milling and Grain
to develop an industry to supply exports, a turn key opportunity. Because of the island nature of the country, logistics remain problematical but the Government is making significant improvements with world-class airports and handling facilities, docks roads and electrical supplies. So here is a country with natural resources that can be developed in an eco friendly way with opportunities for sales, joint ventures, franchises and direct investment with a Government committed to increasing agricultural outputs. This year UKTAG will take a delegation to the forthcoming Indo Livestock event to be held in Surabaya at the end of July where we will be able to make presentations to their industry leaders and visit projects and developments I think this is an exciting opportunity and I do hope that our readers will be able to join us at this event. China remains a primary market for our sector and with its importance, the UK now has an Agricultural Councillor based in our Embassy, very good news for our industry with this appointment our industry can look forward to swift and successful resolutions to any trade difficulties. The purpose of my visit at this time was to have a stand for our livestock industry at the China Animal Husbandry Exhibition, held this year in Chongqing. This event gets bigger every year and moves to a different city for each edition. It is interesting to see how over the past decade, the country has made significant steps for livestock improvement with substantial Government subsidy. They now have extremely good breeding industries but there is still a need for animal feed, health and technology for production and food safety. For the UK we will be present next at the Swine Expo in Xiamen in September. Before my next column I will have been to World Pork Expo and Livestock Philippines so look forward to having more good cover for you. To keep up to date you can follow us on twitter @AgrictecExports
Novus International, a global leader in animal nutrition, announces its support as a Platinum Sponsor for the 25th Annual International Food and Agribusiness Management Association (IFAMA) World Conference held this year in St. Paul, Minnesota. The fourday event features a student case competition, symposium and world forum focused on global food security. An international audience of students, academics and industry leaders will gather June 14 -17, 2015, at the St Paul River Centre for the conference.
Alapala’s goal: exporting to 100 countries - Alapala, one of the world’s top 3 companies of its sector, exports to several countries all around the world. The company’s exporting operations started in 1980 and it has sold products to over 85 countries since then; Alapala exported to 55 countries in 2014, 5 of which are new markets.
Selis launched the Novitious with a grand event recently at IDMA. The machine continually angles the rolls as part of ‘DAPS’ (Dynamic Angular Positioning System). Selis are already receiving a lot of demand for this machine. With parents pending and CE certified for the European Union, there is a great deal of excitement about the innovative Novitious roller mill in the industry. The Eskişehir company say this new machine’s system is solving a big problem for millers worldwide. The machine has been fully tested and comes with a high level of quality, engineering and luxury that is new to the market. Inside, there is no need for cambered rolls because of the angular positioning of the straight, smooth rolls, with tested benefits of a higher yield, longer lasting components and lower energy consumption.