The Ministry Of Industry Targets The Growth Of The Mamin Tembus Industry Above 5 Percent Ahead Of The Nataru Holiday

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JAKARTA - The Ministry of Industry (Kemenperin) is optimistic that the food and beverage industry (Mamin) will increase ahead of the long Christmas 2024 and New Year 2025 (Nataru) holidays.

Director General of Agro Industry Putu Juli Ardika estimates that there will be an increase in the Mamin industry to above 5 percent during this momentum.

"We do not yet have an excise number (calculation). However, hopefully (growth) is above five percent for (industry) the mamin," said Putu when met at the Ministry of Industry office, Jakarta, Thursday, November 21.

Putu assessed that the growth was also driven by the momentum of the Nataru holiday. Thus, he hopes that the growth of the Mamin industry at the end of the year can be higher than the third quarter of 2024.

"We hope so, because after all now there is Nataru and a few months later religious holidays, the industry must be getting ready," he said.

Previously, the Ministry of Industry noted that the growth of the processed Mamin industry GDP was far from expected. It was recorded that throughout 2023, the growth of the Mamin industry GDP reached 4.47 percent. This figure decreased when compared to 2023 which reached 4.90 percent.

"GDP growth in the food and beverage industry until 2023 (achieving) 4.9 percent. This is slightly decreasing and far from our expectations," said Director of the Beverage Industry, Tobacco Products and Budgeting Materials of the Directorate General of Agro Industry at the Ministry of Industry Merrijantij Punguan Pintaria in the agenda of the Asrim Press Conference entitled "Ministry Industry Performance in 2023 and Opportunities and Challenges in 2024" at the Mercure Hotel, Jakarta, Wednesday, March 13.

Merrijantij mengatakan, nilai ekspor dan impor mamin secara neraca juga turun. Kalau sepanjang 2022 surplus mencapai 32,05 miliar dolar AS. Sedangkan, surplus sepanjang 2023 turun di angka 25.21 miliar dolar AS.

"The value of investment realization has increased. Maybe in certain sectors it is still quite interesting. Given that our market is 270 million people, it is an attractive market to invest. For exports/imports in 2022, the export is 99 million US dollars, our import value is 129 million US dollars. So, this light drink contributes to our shopping balance deficit," he said.

Therefore, said Merrijantij, his party has prepared a number of strategies to spur the growth of the manufacturing industry in the country. Including, the processed Mamin industry.

"One of the efforts we are making is through restructuring. We are finalizing the legal umbrella. If this can be published in the not too distant future, we hope this program can help industrial performance," he said.