Indonesia produced 17.13 million tons of coconut in 2019. Based on the World Atlas report, coconut production in Indonesia is the largest in the world.
The Philippines ranks second with 14.77 million tonnes of coconut production. After that, there is India with coconut production of 14.68 million tonnes.
Then, coconut production in Sri Lanka was recorded at 2.47 million tonnes. Meanwhile, Brazil is in fifth place with coconut production of 2.33 million tons.
Referring to data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), coconut exports from Indonesia reached 1.53 million tons or US$ 819.26 million until the third quarter of 2020. Countries that are the destination for Indonesian coconut exports include the United States, the Netherlands, South Korea, China, Japan, Singapore, the Philippines and Malaysia.
Most of Indonesia’s coconut is produced in the form of copra and other derivative products. The main coconut producing areas in Indonesia include Riau, Jambi, North Sulawesi, West Java, East Java and North Maluku.
Source: https://databoks.katadata.co.id