Capai SEZ Investment IDR 294.4 Trillion, Absorbs 187,376 Workers

Secretary of the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs Susiwijono Moegiarso. (Photo: ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The government through the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs noted that the realization of investment in the performance of 25 Special Economic Zones (SEZs) reached Rp294.4 trillion. Where the absorption of labor on this project reached 187,376 people.

Secretary of the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs Susiwijono Moegiarso said that SEZ is one of the main pillars of the economy going forward.

"We can see that the realization of the investment is around Rp294 trillion in 25 SEZs. Indeed, most of it is when we talk about investment value, the biggest is in the SEZ which is in the manufacturing industry, the management industry," he said at a press conference at the Coordinating Ministry for the Economy Office, Jakarta, Tuesday, September 9.

"If we look at the absorption of labor, it has also reached the cumulative level in the first semester, which was able to absorb 187,000 workers. Especially in large manufacturing industries," he continued.

The man who is familiarly called Susi said that currently there are 25 SEZs spread from Aceh to Papua, of which 7 SEZs are in Java and 18 others are spread outside Java.

Of the 25 SEZs that are currently operating, 13 of them are engaged in the industrial sector and 12 other SEZs are in the service sector.

"This is good because the SEZ that continues to be developed is not only centered on the island of Java, but spreads," he said.

Based on data from the Coordinating Ministry for the Economy, investment realization in SEZ areas during the first semester of 2025 reached IDR 40.48 trillion.

This figure is equivalent to 48.2 percent of this year's investment target of IDR 84.1 trillion.

Throughout the first semester of 2025, 25 SEZs that have been operating absorbed 28,094 people by involving 65 business actors. This figure is equivalent to 56.4 percent of the labor absorption target throughout the year 49,779 people.