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Indonesia to start chicken exports to Singapore amid shortage

FILE PHOTO: A worker feeds chickens at a Biomagg office in Depok, on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, November 23, 2021. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana

Indonesia will start exporting chicken to Singapore this week, its agriculture ministry said, with the aim to plug an ongoing shortage in the city-state following a ban on exports from key supplier, Malaysia.

The first shipment of 50 tonnes of frozen chicken, valued at 2 billion Indonesian rupiah ($133,467), was due to leave for Singapore on July 15, according to a statement by the Indonesian agriculture ministry.

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