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  • Seaweed bites launched by Pacific Harvest

    Seaweed bites launched by Pacific Harvest

    Pacific Harvest is adding a new product – Raw Nori Seaweed Snack Packs – to its seaweed products range.

    The company says the seaweed is sourced naturally, contains nutrients that are good for health, and has no additives or preservatives. Pacific Harvest said its team works only with ethical and sustainable seaweed harvesters to ensure quality as well as not harm the environment. Its packaging is all recyclable.

    Hayley Fraser-Mackenzie, MD at Pacific Harvest, said seaweed is known for its extensive nutritional and mineral value, but many consumers are not sure how to include it in their daily routines.

    “This easy, on-the-go format is a raw, healthy snack that both parents and kids will be happy to see in a lunchbox. We don’t need to eat seaweeds laden with fats, that have been processed in ways that destroy their nutrient value.”

    The Raw Nori Seaweed Snack Packs and other Pacific Harvest products are sold via the company’s website and in health food stores nationwide with an RRP of $4.30 for a box of eight 2gram packs.

  • Indonesia’s seaweed exports estimated to shrink 30 percent in 2016

    Indonesia’s seaweed exports estimated to shrink 30 percent in 2016

    The Indonesian Seaweed Association (ARLI) estimated that the countrys exports of seaweed shrank 30 percent in value from US$205.4 million in 2015.

    ARLI general chairman Safari Azis attributed the decline to weak demand amid the global economic crisis and U.S. policy in organic products.

    “In 2016, (seaweed exports) dropped around 30 percent . There was issue in 2016 that the United States would exclude processed seaweed from its list of organic products,” Safari said in a discussion here on Tuesday.

    Based on statistic data at the Marine and Fisheries Ministry, the countrys production of seaweed totaled 1.12 million tons in 2015. Around 21 percent or 236,900 tons of the production were exported to various countries including 97 percent in raw material and 3 percent in processed products.

    The exports of raw seaweed were valued at US$160.4 million and exports of finish products of seaweed was worth US$45 million or 22 percent of the total value.

    In 2016 , in the first 8 months , exports of raw seaweed totaled 121,500 tons valued at US$80 million ; and exports of processed products of seaweed totaled 4,000 tons valued at US$25.4 million.

    Apart from the report that the United States would exclude processed products of seaweed from its list of organic products, there are many factors hampering exports of that commodity, such as export restriction and plan to slap export tax on seaweed.

    “The government plans to impose an export tax of 20-40 percent on raw seaweed . The plan, however, has been shelved. The export tax was planned without consultation with the business players,” Safari said.

    The government is expected to offer incentives for the business players especially investors in seaweed cultivation and industry, he said.

    ARLI predicted that in 2017, exports of seaweed would increase both in raw material and processed products.

    ARLI also hopes more support from the government to develop and boost business in seaweed in the upstream as well downstream asn integrated industry.

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