JAKARTA - The Ministry of Industry (Kemenperin) reported that there were 34 dangerous incidents that occurred in the chemical industry, 5 major incidents in the metal industry and similar incidents in other sectors in the last 12 years or in the 2012-2024 period.
Minister of Industry (Menperin) Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita said the high number of incidents of chemical emergency events in the industrial area showed the importance of increasing awareness in disaster prevention and control.
"Losses due to chemical disasters can stop operations, causing companies to go out of business and disrupt supply chains and trigger huge losses," Agus said as quoted from the Ministry of Industry's YouTube, Friday, December 6.
For this reason, Agus again reminded the mandate of Law Number 3 of 2014 concerning Industry, which in Article 101 requires the industry to ensure the safety and safety of tools, processes, production results, storage and transportation.
It is known that the mandate is further regulated through Presidential Regulation (Perpres) Number 19 of 2017 concerning the National Authority for Chemical Weapons to encourage the implementation of emergency response activities in the chemical industry.
Not only that, there is Presidential Instruction (Inpres) Number 4 of 2019 concerning Improvement of Ability to Prevent, Detect and Respond to Disease Outbreaks, Global Pandemic and Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Emergency.
"This Presidential Instruction gives the authority of the Ministry of Industry to increase surveillance of vigilance, detect potential risks and respond quickly to emergency situations of hazardous chemicals sourced from various chemical industries," he said.
As for the third quarter of 2024, it was recorded that the trade value in the chemical industry reached 34.40 billion US dollars.
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In detail, the import value reached 21.07 billion US dollars and the export value was 13.33 billion US dollars.
"This export figure, although still much lower than the import rate, compared to 2023, recorded an increase of 4.34 percent and this also shows that the chemical sector plays a role in bringing in foreign exchange for Indonesia," he concluded.
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