Forest Industry Export Results Predicted Down 20 Percent

Saturday, February 14, 2009


Strict competition and the scarcity of the supply business of raw materials has resulted in decline in export value of forest products industry during the year 2008 compared to 2007. If the world economy never improved, can be ascertained the value of exports will be more terpuruk

As JPNN released, the Department of Reporting and Information Industry of the Republic of Indonesia, Ir Aryanto MSi Seno said, the export value of forest product industry in the year ago 2008 show that a slight decrease compared to the year 2007. "In the year 2007 is able to penetrate a number of U.S. $ 3.76 million, while in 2008 only able to reach U.S. $ 3.65 million," said Aryanto when found in the office, on Thursday (12 / 2).

According to him, other than strict competition langkanya and raw materials, international economic conditions also memperngaruhi decline in export value. The results of the export destination countries affected by the forest crisis.

"The main purpose we export to the United States and Europe. However, the economic situation in the United States itself has not been stable. So if there is reasonable reduction. I need to be back, the decline in export value of this special commodity in the forest products only, not including the plantation. If added to the results plantation, in 2008 the export value is increased when compared with the year 2007 of Rp U.S. $ 10.04 million. tayun While 2008 is U.S. $ 12.47 million, "he said.

He explains, if economic conditions do not change there, then can be predicted will continue to decline in 2009. "Penurunannya may be about 20 percent," he said.

On the same occasion, also revealed that Aryanto commodity pulp production also decreased in the year 2008. Number of target production of pulp is determined that the government in the year 2008 of 6.15 million tons per year, the results only reached 5.91 million tons per year. "Or, achievements can be just as much as 96 percent," he said.

According Aryanto, the decline in production figures could be due to buying power and supply an increasingly scarce wood. Meanwhile, for paper production in Indonesia during the year 2008 also experienced a decline that is only able to reach 8.25 million tons per year.

"It is recognized, we also still have to import the raw material of paper itself. For pulp only, we also still have to import from Europe. Why? Because the pulp in a pulp that has a short fiber. Meanwhile, in the production of paper pulp should use the fibrous long. Even at this time the producers of paper using a mixture of raw materials, ie, wood or fiber from the pulp and paper used. This is done to push the production cost is expensive, " he said.

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