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Article: WHEAT FLOUR INDUSTRY OPERATES AT FULL CAPACITY; WHEAT FLOUR PRODUCTION DIFFICULT TO INCREASE
- Article from:
- Indonesian Commercial Newsletter
- Article date:
- January 11, 1994
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Indonesia's wheat flour production seems difficult to increase further because the wheat flour industry has been operating at full capacity. However, the demand for wheat flour has continued to increase rapidly with the growth of processed food industries such as instant noodle, biscuits, and bread, all of which use wheat flour as the main basic material. In a bid to reduce people's dependency on rice, the Government has been encouraging staple food diversification to include food made of wheat flour.
The limited capacity of wheat flour production indicates the necessity to increase it through expansion and new projects. Over the past five years, Indonesia's wheat ...