In 2013, growth of non oil & gas
industry sector is estimated to reach 6.6% - 7.1%. MS Hidayat, Industry
Minister on explaining performance of non oil and gas processing industry in
2012 of (monday December 12, 2012) said that the growth is supported by some
industry sectors, such as fertilizer, chemical, and rubber articles industry;
cement and non-metallic mineral industry; food and beverage industry and automotive
industry.
In tandem with growth of non oil & as industry,
growth of processing industry is estimated to reach 6.2% - 6.5% in 2013, and
Indonesia’s economic growth is estimated to reach 6.2% - 6.7%. In that year,
said Hidayat “manufacturing sector will still be facing heavy challenges”. In
addition to inadequate infrastructures, investment cost is still expensive, and
this sector is also facing problem of industry competitiveness.
Talking about year 2012, non oil & gas industry
still becomes the foundation of the economy in 2012. In third quarter of 2012,
this sector booked at 7.3% growth year-on year. Even though oil & gas
industry experiences 5% contraction, high growth of non oil & gas
processing industry causes processing industry sector to grow 6.4%
year-on-year.
Out of 6.2% growth of national economy.
processing industry sector contributes 1.62% to growth, followed by trading
sector, hotel, and restaurants contributing 1.22%, and transportation and
communication sector contributing 1.02%. While, contribution of other sectors
is less than 1%.
With the achievement of growth of non oil
& gas industry at 7.3% in third quarter or 2012, which is not only higher
than growth in second quarter of 2012 at 6.1%, but is also higher than growth
in third quarter of 2011 at 7.2% (yoy). With the 7.3% growth, growth of non oil
& gas industry is higher than national economic growth. With such a growth
rate, up to third quarter of 2012, cumulative growth of non oil & gas
industry reaches 6.5%.
The growth is supported by, amongst others,
high consumption rate and increase of investment in industry sector very
significantly so that performance of manufacturing industry sector remains
stable until now.
In January - September 2012, PMA (foreign
investment) value of non oil & gas industry reaches around USD 8.6 billion
or increases 65.9% from the same period of 2011. And, PMDN (domestic
investment) value in January - September 2012 reaches Rp 38.1 trillion or
increases 40.19% from the same period of last year.
Growth achievement of non oil & gas
industry at 6.5% in third quarter of 2012 is supported by growth performance
of a major part of non oil & gas industry group which experiences a quite
high growth. The highest growth is achieved by fertilizer, chemical, and
rubber articles industry at 8.91%, followed by cement and non-metallic mineral
industry at 8.75%; food, beverage and tobacco industry at 8.22%; and
transportation, machinery and parts thereof at 7.52%; iron and steel basic
industry at 5.70%; and textile, leather goods and footwear industry at 3.64%.
In 2012, the Industry Ministry has submitted
proposals of two companies concerning utilization of tax holiday facility, and
currently, proposals of two applicants have been submitted to the Finance
Minister. The two applicants are PT Unilever Oleochemical Indonesia (PT UOI)
with total investment of USD 133 million and PT Petrokimia Butadiene Indonesia
(PT PBI) with total investment of USD 150 million. (E)
Business News - December 21, 2012
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