Coordinating Minister Airlangga: Kendal SEZ Contributes 42 Percent To Kendal Economic Growth

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs (Menko) Airlangga Hartarto. (Photo: Doc. ANTARA)

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto said the Kendal Special Economic Zone (SEZ), Central Java, had contributed 42 percent to economic growth in the area.

"The presence of the Kendal SEZ contributes to growth in Kendal 42 percent and per capita income in Kendal is already Rp52 million per year, with growth of 8 percent," he said, quoted from the Presidential Secretariat's YouTube, Wednesday, August 7.

Furthermore, Airlangga said Kendal and Pantura were indeed drivers of the economy on the island of Java by 57 percent.

"This raises 50 million people and contributes 20 percent," he said.

Regarding the Kendal SEZ, Airlangga said that since it was determined in 2019, the Kendal SEZ has attracted an entry investment of IDR 55 trillion. He also said that 105 industrial players had entered the area.

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On this occasion, Airlangga said, Indonesia already has 22 SEZs spread from Aceh to Papua.

He also said that until the first semester of 2024, the investment had reached Rp205.2 trillion and absorbed 132,277 workers.

"From the SEZ, there are 12 industrial SEZs including the Kendal SEZ," he said.

In fact, Airlangga said that the Batang Integrated Industrial Zone (KIT) which is predicted to be the largest industrial area in Central Java will become a SEZ.

"And yesterday the President's directive was that our Batang will also make a SEZ," he said.