Indonesia pearl exports rebound but pace trails Japan, Australia

Producers of South Sea beads face domestic barriers, Chinese freshwater influx

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South Sea pearls produced in Indonesia. The Southeast Asian country is a major producer of the beads that are rarer and more expensive than most pearls. (Photo by Belinda Yohana)

BELINDA YOHANA

JAKARTA -- Yustinus Mario Tenggara is upbeat about his family's pearl farming and trading business in eastern Indonesia. Exports have been robust in the past few years as demand rises -- mainly from China and Japan.

"China, with its vast population and a growing number of affluent people interested in pearls, has become one of our fastest-growing markets," Tenggara, son of the owner of pearl farmer Rosario Mutiara, told Nikkei Asia at his office in Jakarta.

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