JAKARTA - Minister of Investment and Industrialization/Head of the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) Rosan Roeslani said that the realization of investment in the downstream sector during the first quarter of 2026 reached IDR 147.5 trillion or increased by 8.2 percent compared to the same period in the previous year.
"The contribution from investments related to downstreaming is quite significant, reaching 29.6 percent in the first quarter. So the figure is around Rp147.5 trillion or an increase of 8.2 percent," he said in a press conference, Thursday, April 23.
He added that most investments are still dominated by the mineral sector with a value of Rp98.3 trillion or around 66.6 percent of the total realization of downstream, this fund is mainly allocated for the development of nickel processing facilities.
Rosan detailed that the largest investment came from nickel commodities of Rp41.5 trillion, followed by copper of Rp20.7 trillion, iron and steel of Rp17.0 trillion, bauxite of Rp13.7 trillion, tin of Rp2.5 trillion, and other commodities of Rp2.9 trillion.
Apart from the mineral sector, Rosan said that downstream investment in other sectors also showed a significant increase.
He gave an example, such as the plantation and forestry sectors recorded investment value of Rp. 29.8 trillion, which includes palm oil of Rp. 18.3 trillion, log wood of Rp. 7 trillion, rubber of Rp. 2.4 trillion, as well as other commodities such as nutmeg, pine, coconut, cocoa, and biofuel of Rp. 2.1 trillion.
Furthermore, he added that there was also investment in the oil and gas sector with a total of Rp17.7 trillion, consisting of Rp13.6 trillion for oil and Rp4.1 trillion for gas. Meanwhile, the fisheries and marine sector recorded an investment of Rp1.7 trillion.
Rosan expressed optimism that investment in the fisheries and marine sector would increase in the next semester.
"Commodities in this sector include salt, TCT fish, shrimp, seaweed, tilapia and tilapia. Well, this is where I got the information that there will be investments in the salt sector and also in the seaweed and tilapia fish sector that will start to run in the next semester," he continued.
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