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Saturday, January 12, 2013

Industry Minister MS Hidayat proposed diversification or expansion of exports from Europe prior to being Africa and the Middle East to deal with the impact of the global crisis.

MS Hidayat 




Industry Minister MS Hidayat proposed diversification or expansion of exports from Europe prior to being Africa and the Middle East to deal with the impact of the global crisis.



"We have to diversify exports from traditional markets in Europe to Africa and the Middle East," said Minister of Industry after a panel discussion on Friday evening.

According to Minister of Industry, it has raised its target for exports to Africa and the Middle East are currently about 14 percent to about 30 percent.

"Gaikindo chairman Sudirman as we have the target you to export cars manufactured in Indonesia, to penetrate the markets of Africa and the Middle East," he explained.

Efforts were made ​​to overcome the economic slowdown that occurs primarily in the European region.

He also added that the current government is trying to construct a matrix regulatory changes to boost the competitiveness of Indonesia.

Matrix regulatory changes that will also be used to face the ASEAN free trade agreement with China (ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement / ACFTA) in 2015.

"It was the harmonization and also changes to improve our` `competitiveness in ASEAN," he said.

According to him, the matrix regulatory changes that will over the next three years can gradually change the rules, especially related to the current cost of production is high enough to make the low competitiveness.

Minister of Industry also projected industry growth in 2013 will be in the range of 6.8 to 7.1 percent. With the pace of growth, Minister of Industry estimates could create about 450,000 new workers.

In addition, with the growth rate, he also projected exports of industrial goods could reach around 125 billion dollars and Asung investment could reach 12 billion U.S. dollars.

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