Production volume of seaweed in Indonesia 2011-2019
In 2019, the production volume of seaweed in Indonesia amounted to approximately 9.66 million tons. After China, Indonesia is the second biggest seaweed producer in the world. A growing research institution is studying the potential of seaweed farming to counter climate change as seaweed is a highly efficient carbon sink. China and Indonesia that cultivate most of the world’s farmed seaweed are expected to take the lead in creating seaweed as a source of “blue carbon.”
