The investment coordinating Board (BKPM) recorded that total foreign
investment (FI) and domestic investment (DI) during the first quarter of 2013
reached Rp. 93 trillion, or grows 30.6% compared to investment realization in
the same period of 2012 amounted to Rp. 71.2 trillion. Increase in investment
realization in the first three months of 2013 was driven by improvement of
investment climate which continues to be rolled, encouraging the certainty of
doing business in the country. Realization of investments during the first
quarter of 2013, consisting of domestic investment at Rp.27.5 trillion, surges
by 39.6% from the same period in 2012. While, the realization of foreign
investment amounted to Rp.65.5trillion increases 27.2% from Rp.51.5 trillion.
Realization of domestic investment by the business sector during
January-march 2013, the largest investment was Rp.6 trillion in mining;
transportation, were house, and telecommunications Rp.6 trillion; food industry
Rp.4 trillion; basic metal industries, machinery and electronics Rp1.8
trillion; electricity, gas and water Rp1.7 trillion. While based on the
location, the five largest domestic investment areas occurred in east java with
a value of Rp.9 trillion, followed by east Kalimantan Rp4.8 trillion, south
Kalimantan Rp.3.4 trillion, north Sumatera Rp2 trillion, and Jakarta Rp.1.9
trillion. Meanwhile, for the foreign investment the five biggest investors are Japan
reaching USD1.2 billion (16.3%), followed by united states USD0.9 billion
(12.6%), South Korea USD0.8 billion (11%), Singapore USD0.6 billion (8.7%), and
the united kingdom USD0.5 billion (7.7%).
However, the increase of investment was not always accompanied by an
increase in employment. Evidently, although the total investment rose,
employment and foreign investment in the first quarter of 2013 decreased
compared to the same period last year. Chatib Basri, Chairman of BKPM, in
Jakarta on Monday (4/22) revealed that employment in the foreign investment
sector decreased 14.9% compared to the first quarter of 2012 which reached
250,711 people.
In fact, he added, the composition of the absorption of the foreign
investment sector accounted for 59% of the total labor force absorbed during
the first quarter of 2013 which is as many as 361,924 people. Meanwhile, the
domestic investment sector is only able to absorb as much as 41% of the
remaining 148,521 people. Chatib sees that more employment is in the capital
intensive sector which relatively absorbs more skilled labor. “In fact, we need
a labor intensive one”, Chatib said.
Seeing the trend, Chatib urged Indonesia to further improve the
availability of trained manpower to address the growing trend. Overall,
employment in the foreign investment and domestic investment sectors during the
first quarter of 2013 only increased 1% from the same period last year, form
358,385 people to 361,924 people. Chatib expects that foreign the domestic
investment can provide a multiplier effect on employment by approximately 4
times indirectly.
Chatib also recognizes the shift that occurs in the domestic and foreign
investment during January-march 2013 to the manufacturing sector which
continues to experience significant growth compared to the mining sector.
Chatib said that various efforts to improve the investment climate both at the
central and local services through one-stop integrated services in the field of
investment, provision of attractive investment incentives and integrated
campaign has been responded positively by investors both from within and
outside the county characterized by increased realization of foreign/domestic
investment quite significantly. (E)
Business News - April 24,2013
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