Wacana Ekspor Satu Pintu Melalui BUMN, Aspebindo Ingatkan Risiko Birokrasi dan Distorsi Pasar
JAKARTA - The government's plan to direct the export of energy and mineral commodities in a structured manner through State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) has sparked heated discussions among business actors. The General Chairman of the Association of Energy, Coal, and Mineral Suppliers of Indonesia (Aspebindo), Anggawira, reminded that this scheme should not turn into a new monopoly.
"The business world needs certainty that the involvement of SOEs is designed as an enabler and orchestrator of the ecosystem, not as a single player that turns off the role of the private sector. We must learn from global experiences, state interventions that are too dominant without agile governance (agile) are at risk of triggering inefficiency and price distortions," said Anggawira.
Anggawira explained that commodity industries such as coal have been operating in a very dynamic global ecosystem. Business actors are accustomed to high flexibility in negotiating contracts directly with foreign buyers related to price, shipping, to quality specifications.
If all export routes are forced to pass through one state-owned enterprise, Aspebindo is concerned about the emergence of an additional layer of bureaucracy (layer) that can slow down the transaction and approval process. This logistical barrier is feared to create a new bottleneck that disrupts the cash flow (cash flow) of mine producers, especially medium-sized ones.
Furthermore, the mining sector is currently also facing heavy external challenges, such as global price volatility, rising production costs, energy transition sentiment, and fierce competition from other exporting countries such as Australia and Russia.
Therefore, Aspebindo asked the government to pay attention to four crucial aspects before this policy was hammered:
Readiness of logistics infrastructure of designated SOEs, Global level trading capacity and competence, Ability to hedge and qualified risk management, Integration of national production data in real-time."Don't let the good intentions to strengthen state control actually make economic costs higher (high-cost economy) and erode the competitiveness of our commodities in the international market," said Anggawira.