BPS Proves Textile Industry Is No Longer Fine

Textile industry (Photo: dock. Antara)

JAKARTA - The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) noted that the growth of the national textile and textile product (TPT) industry, including clothing, contracted in the second quarter of 2024.

BPS Deputy for Balance and Statistics Analysis, Moh Edy Mahmud, said the textile and finished clothing industry in the second quarter of 2024 contracted 0.03 percent on an annual basis or year on year (yoy). And quarterly or quarter to quarter (qtq) also contracted by 2.63 percent.

"So on an annual basis and quarterly basis, the textile and clothing industry has contracted," he said at a press conference, quoted Tuesday, August 6.

The decline in the textile industry further confirms that there is pressure experienced by the TPT industry because more and more layoffs have been experienced by the sector.

For information, the Ministry of Manpower recorded that the number of workers affected by layoffs in Indonesia for the January-June 2024 period was 32,064 people. Jakarta is the highest province with 7,469 workers.

After Jakarta, the province with the highest number of layoffs in Banten reached 6,135 workers, West Java as many as 5,155 workers, Central Java as many as 4,275 workers, and others.

In addition, based on data from the Confederation of Nusantara Workers Unions, at least six textile factories have gone out of business and caused more than 11,000 workers to be laid off.

The six textile factories are PT S Dupantex, PT Alenatex, PT Kusumahadi Santosa, PT Kusumaputra Santosa, PT Pamor Spinnning Mills and PT Sai Apparel.

Meanwhile, the West Java Province Textile Product Entrepreneurs Association noted that 22 factories have been closed in the area.