Jakarta, July 3 -- Specialty Indonesia 2025 is a strategic event to introduce and promote Indonesia's foods and beverages to domestic and global markets, Deputy Minister of Industry Faisol Riza has said.

"This is part of the Industry Ministry and all stakeholders' efforts to improve the competitiveness of local products, introduce our local products whose quality can undoubtedly compete with its counterparts from other countries," Riza added here on Thursday.

The deputy minister said that his ministry is actively supporting the development of the food and beverage industry, as it is one of the strategic sectors that serves as a pillar of the national economy.

He added that milk production needs to be increased to reduce milk imports. T...