JAKARTA - The Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Textile Industry (IKFT) sector recorded growth of 6.70 percent on an annual basis or year-on-year (yoy).
Secretary of the Directorate General of IKFT of the Ministry of Industry (Kemenperin) Sri Bimo Pratomo said this achievement was a tangible result of strengthening the domestic industrial structure, increasing export performance and consistent policy support.
"The IKFT sector contributes 3.82 percent to the national GDP. This shows the strategic role of the sector (IKFT) as a motorcycle in supporting inclusive and sustainable national economic growth," said Bimo in his official statement, Saturday, October 4.
The positive performance of the IKFT sector is supported by several sub-sectors that grew significantly, such as the Non- Metal Galiran Industry with the highest increase of 10.07 percent in the second quarter of 2025.
This figure shows a big spike compared to the previous quarter, where the sub-sector had decreased by 1.68 percent in the first quarter of 2025.
Then, there is a sub-sector of the chemical, pharmaceutical and traditional medicine industry which also recorded a significant increase in growth, reaching 9.39 percent. This figure is higher than the first quarter of 2025 which was only 3.68 percent and 4.47 percent in the fourth quarter of 2024.
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Positive performance is also seen in the skin, leather and footwear industry which rose to 8.31 percent from the previous 6.95 percent in the first quarter of 2025.
The positive achievement of the IKFT sector was also supported by the performance of other sectors. Based on data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), footwear exports (HS 64) during January-August 2025 reached 5.16 billion US dollars, growing 11.89 percent compared to the same period in 2024 of 4.61 billion US dollars.
Textile exports and textile products (TPT) (HS 50-63) also recorded an increase of 0.24 percent to 8.01 billion US dollars from the previous 7.98 billion US dollars.
In total, joint footwear exports and TPT surpassed USD 13.17 billion, up 4.51 percent compared to last year's 12.59 billion US dollars.
"In addition, chemical products (HS 38) also contributed significantly with the export value reaching 6.12 billion US dollars," he said.
To maintain consistency in the sector's performance, said Bimo, his party encourages downstream policy, especially in the oil and gas-based chemical industry as well as the non-metal excavation sector.
In addition, strengthening the export base on mainstay commodities, such as textiles, finished clothes and footwear are also a priority.
"This strategic action is expected to strengthen the competitiveness of the national industry as well as support sustainable growth," he said.
Meanwhile, based on BPS data until August 2025, the non-oil and gas processing industry has contributed 72.55 percent of Indonesia's total exports, with exports reaching 13.22 billion US dollars.
As of August 2025, the export of the non-oil and gas processing industry rose 7.91 percent (yoy) compared to the same period in the previous year. Cumulatively, during January-August 2025, the export value has reached 104.43 billion US dollars and contributed 71.32 percent to the total national exports.
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