Lampung exporter ships 58.6 tonnes of Robusta coffee to Italy
PT Sumber Kurnia Alam has dispatched three containers carrying 58.6 tonnes of Lampung Robusta coffee beans to Italy. Lampost.co valued the shipment at approximately Rp3.5 billion, adding to the exporter’s established international coffee business.
Three containers enter the Italian market
PT Sumber Kurnia Alam has shipped three containers carrying 58.6 tonnes of Robusta coffee beans from Lampung, Indonesia, to Italy. Lampost.co reported that the consignment was worth approximately Rp3.5 billion, making it a concrete new flow of Indonesian green coffee into one of Europe’s major coffee-processing markets.
The shipment underlines Lampung’s role as an overseas supplier of Robusta beans. For Italian buyers, the cargo provides raw material for roasting and blending. For producers, collectors and exporters in Lampung, it represents continued access to an international destination where consistency, quality and reliable delivery are central commercial requirements.
Exporter expects shipments to continue
Moelyono Soesilo, founder of PT Sumber Kurnia Alam, said the company’s export activity would continue through the end of the year. He expressed confidence that global demand for Indonesian coffee remained substantial and argued that the country had room to improve production, quality and competitiveness.
The latest three-container shipment is small relative to the company’s reported annual trade. According to Moelyono, PT Sumber Kurnia Alam exported about 620 containers of coffee in the previous year, with a total value of US$51 million, or approximately Rp800 billion. Lampost.co did not provide the aggregate tonnage, destination breakdown or average selling price for those earlier exports, so a direct price comparison with the Italian consignment is not possible.
Supply expectations support the investment case
Moelyono described coffee as a commodity with resilient long-term consumption. He said consumption did not decline during the 2008 crisis or the Covid-19 period. Based on his own calculations, he expects the world could face a coffee supply deficit of about 8 million bags within the next eight to 10 years. The source did not specify the assumed bag weight or the methodology behind that projection.
If demand continues to expand as he expects, Indonesian growers and processors would have an incentive to raise yields and improve bean quality. However, the opportunity depends on more than headline demand: exporters must assemble sufficient volumes, maintain specifications across lots and manage logistics from producing regions such as Lampung to distant processing markets.
Indonesia seeks a stronger coffee position
Moelyono said Indonesia has a long history in the global coffee industry but now trails major producing countries such as Brazil and Vietnam. He also pointed to Indonesia’s wider position in the trade: coffee businesses in Costa Rica had acknowledged the country’s historical role, while industry participants in Honduras had noted that Indonesia also buys their coffee. This illustrates how Indonesia can operate as both a producer and a buyer within global supply chains.
The Italian shipment does not by itself alter Indonesia’s position in the world coffee market, but it shows an active commercial channel between a Robusta-producing province and a European destination. Repeated shipments through the end of the year would give Lampung suppliers more dependable demand and offer Italian processors an additional origin for their purchasing programs. The central test will be whether exporters can convert individual consignments into sustained volumes while improving production and quality at origin.
