Bekasi, Feb. 28 -- Trade Minister Budi Santoso sent off 13 containers of export consignments of kratom products made by PT Oneject Indonesia to the US and Europe, weighing 351 tons with a total value of US$1.053 million.

"Kratom is indeed a unique commodity," he remarked at the exporter's office in Bekasi District, West Java, on Friday.

Santoso highlighted that the exported kratom is in the form of finished products rather than sheets of leaves, aligning with Trade Minister's Regulation No. 21 of 2024 concerning the types and sizes of kratom eligible for export.

The minister then stated that Indonesian kratom farmers suffered losses and missed economic opportunities in the absence of a regulation prohibiting the export of this commodit...