* Palm oil, rubber, coffee areas in Sumatra to have drier weather in May
* Dry season in coal-producing Kalimantan to start in June
* Tin-producing Bangka island still to have rains until June
Indonesia's dry season will start in most areas around May-June, earlier than the previous forecast of July and offering a timely boost to the country's agricultural and mineral sectors, the weather bureau said on Tuesday.
The dry season normally runs from April to Sept/Oct, but the country is in the middle of a wetter-than-expected rainy season that has affected plantation crops and could hit resource exploitation.
"The dry season will start in 65 zones in May, while 68 zones or 30.9 percent will enter the dry season in June," Sri Woro, head of the Climatology, Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), told a news conference.
Indonesia's sprawling archipelago is divided into 220 weather zones.The agency in January forecast Indonesia would have rains until June, and that the dry season would not start in most areas until July.
Areas that will start the dry season in May include Riau, north Sumatra and Jambi, Indonesia's key palm oil- and rubber- producing areas, the agency said.
Indonesia is the world's top producer of palm oil and world's second largest producer of rubber. Robusta coffee-growing area of Lampung and key cocoa-growing area of South Sulawesi will also start the dry season in May, which will be in time for the main cocoa and coffee harvest season.
The drier weather will help coffee cherries to ripe and prevent spread of black pods in cocoa.
Indonesia expected coffee output to fall by 30 percent this year as prolonged rains in Sumatra have caused coffee flowers and young cherries to rot, the Indonesia Coffee Exporters Association said.
Cocoa production in the world's third largest producer after Ivory Coast and Ghana, was also expected to fall slightly this year as the wet weather has worsened attack of pests and disease.
The dry weather will expand to more areas in June, including Kalimantan, Indonesia's main source of coal on Borneo island.
* Dry season in coal-producing Kalimantan to start in June
* Tin-producing Bangka island still to have rains until June
Indonesia's dry season will start in most areas around May-June, earlier than the previous forecast of July and offering a timely boost to the country's agricultural and mineral sectors, the weather bureau said on Tuesday.
The dry season normally runs from April to Sept/Oct, but the country is in the middle of a wetter-than-expected rainy season that has affected plantation crops and could hit resource exploitation.
"The dry season will start in 65 zones in May, while 68 zones or 30.9 percent will enter the dry season in June," Sri Woro, head of the Climatology, Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), told a news conference.
Indonesia's sprawling archipelago is divided into 220 weather zones.The agency in January forecast Indonesia would have rains until June, and that the dry season would not start in most areas until July.
Areas that will start the dry season in May include Riau, north Sumatra and Jambi, Indonesia's key palm oil- and rubber- producing areas, the agency said.
Indonesia is the world's top producer of palm oil and world's second largest producer of rubber. Robusta coffee-growing area of Lampung and key cocoa-growing area of South Sulawesi will also start the dry season in May, which will be in time for the main cocoa and coffee harvest season.
The drier weather will help coffee cherries to ripe and prevent spread of black pods in cocoa.
Indonesia expected coffee output to fall by 30 percent this year as prolonged rains in Sumatra have caused coffee flowers and young cherries to rot, the Indonesia Coffee Exporters Association said.
Cocoa production in the world's third largest producer after Ivory Coast and Ghana, was also expected to fall slightly this year as the wet weather has worsened attack of pests and disease.
The dry weather will expand to more areas in June, including Kalimantan, Indonesia's main source of coal on Borneo island.
The main tin-producing Bangka-Belitung islands will not have drier weather until July. Rains hit productivity last year at smaller coal miners such as Bayan Resources and reduced 2010 tin output from the world's top exporter of the metal.
The price of silvery, malleable metal -- used for soldering electronic goods and packaging -- has seen prices soar to a record $32,799 a tonne in mid-February on concern of tight supplies from Indonesia.
Tin price has eased to below $30,000 a tonne this week, but has gained 11.5 percent so far this year.
Source: Reuters
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