To promote growth of environmentally friendly
industries or green industries nationally, the government signaled to provide
incentive to environmentally friendly industries in the form of price reduction
for machinery purchase for industries who obtained green industry certificate.
The incentive program could save energy up to 25%, increase productivity up to
17%, and absorb workers. Machinery procurement does not reduce workers. On the
contrary, there will be many workers needed for machinery maintenance.
Aryanto Sagala, Head of Industrial Policy, Climate
and Quality Assessment Agency at the Industry Ministry, in Jakarta on Friday
(11/23/2012), said that the provision of special facility to companies who
obtained green certificate is still in the stage of discussion with the related
institutions. Aryanto explained that environmentally friendly industry approach
will continually be implemented by the Government as it could increase
industries excellence. According to him, advanced countries will no longer
receive exported products from companies who do not apply green industry. We
must Consider this as advanced countries is 80% at Indonesia’s export destination,
he said.
Aryanto considers that application at green industry
in industry sector is highly important in the framework of promoting
competitiveness of local products if compared to imported products. He said that
then issue about green product has become a frequently discussed matter in several
countries, especially Europe. Therefore, this condition must be responded by
increase of the role of industry research and development, He said that green
industry can be applied starting from raw material, technology, up to energy.
Global issue concerning
environment friendliness has recently become a main topic. Application of
green industry is very urgent as it affects export of Indonesian manufacturing
industries products to several countries. He took an example of the national
pulp and paper industry who once faced a problem, namely black campaign
launched by one of world’s non-governmental organization saying that Indonesian
paper is derived from non-environmentally-friendly forests. To respond to this
claim, it said, Indonesia must create paper Industries with environmental concept.
Similar thing was stated by Edy
Putra Irawady, Deputy IV for Industry and Trade Coordination at the
Coordinating Ministry of Economy. According to Edy, industries producing
Indonesian National Standard (SNI) products should also be given priority to
receive incentive from the government. This is to support increase of
competitiveness and to broadly open market access, local or overseas. According
to him, product standardization could increase sale value and market expansion
sustainably.
Edy is in the opinion that a product manufactured
according to national standard could reduce unnecessary production cost.
Therefore, development of national standard product is important. Moreover,
consumers are already smart and they expect products that provide protection
to the society and the environment. He considers that in Indonesia, there are
many products with such specifications, and it is an opportunity for producers
to develop these products. He said that national standard products will enable
the industries when they will receive incentive from the government. Product
standardization is also beneficial to entrepreneurs, he said.
In the same policy package, there
is also development of low-cost cars provided to increase rural economy
mobility. These low-cost cars consist of plantation cars, mine cars, and cattle
vessels. Edy explained that the policy package will also rule about mechanism
of hybrid car production in Indonesia. There must be balance between econ,
saving, standard, and reasonableness of price. He said that the government will
also provide Sales Tax on Luxury Goods (PPnBM) incentive, ensure preparedness
of fuel station, energy access, converter, transfer tax, vehicle ownership tax,
and other.
Business News - November 28, 2012
No comments:
Post a Comment