Actually, Malaysia is already ahead of us, having an established promotion board for the commodity and a clear-cut plan on where to take the industry. |
In order to accommodate rising demand, Indonesia needs to develop better infrastructure and port facilities. Otherwise, we will never maximum benefit from the bullish market. |
Steady expansion will boost our production to 14.7 million tons this year. A large portion of this will be exported. |
The President said that the Finance Ministry was still in the process of annulling some of the bylaws as local administrations now received more money from the central government. |
We just want the government to pay attention to us. Our foreign-exchange contribution last year amounted to some US$6 billion. This is a huge industry but one that faces many constraints on expansion. |