Bangka Belitung Produced 36,900 Tons of Fruits and Vegetables in 2020

Based on a report by the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), the annual production of fruits and vegetables in Bangka Belitung Islands Province reached 36,954.04 tons in 2020. This production increased by 12% compared to the previous year, which was 32,993.8 tons. This increase shows that despite the pandemic, fruit and vegetable crops in Babel were able to survive and produce.

All regencies/cities in Babel produce fruits and vegetables. Bangka Regency is the largest producer of fruits and vegetables, reaching 15,003.16 tons. This is followed by Belitung Regency and Bangka Selatan Regency, which produced 5,860.34 tons and 4,375.49 tons respectively.

Meanwhile, Pangkalpinang City had the lowest fruit and vegetable production, at 2,611.5 tons. Similarly, Bangka Barat Regency only produced 2,751.81 tons.

Of the various types of annual fruits and vegetables produced, pineapples had the highest production, reaching 6,052 tons or 16% of total production. The second largest production was bananas, at 5,302 tons (14%).

Next, durian production reached 4,312 tons (12%), and jackfruit/cempedak 3,723 tons (10%). Then, Siamese/Keprok orange production amounted to 2,788 tons (8%). Water apple production was 2,103 tons (6%), rambutan 1,827 tons (5%), mango 1,817 tons (5%), and mangosteen 1,612 tons (4%).

Other annual fruits and vegetables, such as water apples, sapodilla, breadfruit, salak, petai, avocado, melinjo, guava, starfruit, jengkol, large oranges, and Siamese oranges, had production below 1,600 tons, some even below 1,000 tons. The total production of these fruits and vegetables accounts for 20% of the total production.

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