PALMOILMAGAZINE, JAKARTA – The downstream export product of palm oil experienced a substantial increase over the span of ten years. It rose from 20% in 2010 to reach 80% in 2020. This growth aligns with the palm oil downstream development plan outlined in Regulation of Minister of Industry Number 13 / 2010.
General Director of Agro Industry Ministry of Industry, Putu Juli Ardika said downstream industries are one successful program from what the government regulated by deciding as national prior program.
“Until now there have been 168 kinds of downstream products in palm oil that many domestic industries produced for food, phyto pharmatica/nutrition, chemical ingredients/oleochemical and renewable fuel/biodiesel FAME. Meanwhile in 2011 there were only 54 downstream products we produced,” he said, as in the official statement to PALMOILMAGAZINE recently in Jakarta.
In 2045 downstream vision, Indonesia targeted to be the producer and consumer of palm oil downstream products in the world to be capable as crude palm oil (CPO) price setter in the world. Some policies to go, are, productivity enhancement, downstream in oleo-food, oleochemical, and biofuel. Besides, it needs to reinforce ecosystem, governance, and capacity building.
Director of Industrial Zone Ministry of Industry, Adie Rochmanto Pandiangan said that in Riau Province, there are three industrial zones that operate and has two Izin Usaha Kawasan Industri (IUKI), they are, Kawasan Industri Dumai in City of Dumai; Kawasan Industri Tenayan in City of Pekanbaru and Kawasan Industri Tanjung Buton in District of Siak. The three operate on about 640 hectares and would be more massive as the investment comes in Riau.
“Kawasan Industri Dumai (KID) develop fast and becomes the motor of economy there and also Riau,” he said
KID operates on about 316,74 hectares and would be developed up to 2.448 hectares. The investment realization in KID almost reached Rp 1,3 trillion and hired about 2.500 men. The complete basic infrastructure there could be the attractive things to get investment, and it is next to high way and port. “There are 12 tenants that operate in KID and are mostly palm oil industries,” Adie said. (T2)
