Kadin: Steel Industry Needs Concrete Support So It Doesn't Get Eroded By Imports

Deputy Chairperson of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Saleh Husin, emphasized the importance of concrete partiality so that the national steel industry continues to survive and does not die, eroded by heavy flow of imported steel entering Indonesia.

"Currently, the national steel industry is being caught, especially in the face of a raid on the flood of imported steel in the country," Saleh said in a discussion forum held by the Indonesian Iron and Steel Association with the Iron Steel Summit & Exhibition Indonesia 2025 as stated in Jakarta, quoted by Antara, Saturday, May 24.

According to him, the steel industry is the parent of almost all sectors so that its health must be maintained so that all derivative sectors can also grow properly and sustainably.

This, said Saleh, is the main support for national economic growth so that serious attention is needed so that the steel industry remains strong in facing challenges and pressures from abroad.

"Market control is needed so that non-standard steel is not circulated or what we usually know about iron from which is widely circulated in the black market," he said.

In addition, he hopes that there will be arrangements so that steel that is already capable of being produced domestically is no longer imported so that the competitiveness of the national steel industry can increase.

"This is the complaint and voice of domestic steel industry players, both through associations and Kadin, about this they conveyed, and indeed some of them are also members of the Industry Chamber of Commerce," he said.

Although regulations regarding the use of domestic products (P3DN) already exist, according to Saleh, implementation in the field is still weak.

In order for national steel to host in his own country and be able to grow, he sees the need for special affirmation in President Prabowo's limited cabinet meeting.

"This is so that APBN, APBD, and BUMN expenditures are required to use domestically produced steel," said former Industry Minister Saleh Husin.