The Ministry of Industry has prepared a plan to recover small industries affected by disasters in Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra.

Secretary General of the Ministry of Industry Eko S.A Cahyanto. (Photo: Dok. Antara)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Industry (Kemenperin) has prepared a recovery plan for small industries (IK) that were affected by the Sumatra disaster in three provinces, namely Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra.

"For 2026, we have designed activities to specifically focus on efforts to recover small industries in the three affected provinces. However, from the identification we have carried out because most of them are in Aceh Province and in West Sumatra, we will conduct verification directly in early 2026 to ensure that small industries affected there can immediately start their activities again," said Secretary General of the Ministry of Industry Eko S.A Cahyanto in Jakarta, quoted by Antara, Wednesday, December 31.

The recovery intervention is carried out in stages in the form of assistance for simple machines and equipment, provision of business starter kits including raw materials, development of basic and fast moving products, technical assistance, and facilitation of partnerships to expand market access.

Technical assistance to small industries is also carried out through the optimization of entrepreneurship in disaster-affected areas, and technical assistance is carried out through assignment schemes and cross-ministry/agency synergies.

He said, currently the Ministry of Industry is preparing the program optimally so that it can be proposed immediately.

"So the entire Directorate General is assisted by BSKJI and BPSDMI which also has a working unit there to start preparing the program and this will be submitted soon, proposed by the Minister to the President because it is related to the use of the state budget," he said.

The Ministry of Industry noted that the affected industries came from various sectors, the Metal, Machinery, Transportation Equipment, and Electronics (ILMATE) Industry, for example, there were five affected industries in North Sumatra. Meanwhile, the agro industry sector (IA) recorded the largest impact with a total of 34 industries, 28 industries in North Sumatra and six industries in West Sumatra.

In the Chemical, Pharmaceutical, and Textile (IKFT) sector, three industries were recorded as affected in Aceh and one industry in West Sumatra. The most widespread impact occurred in the small and medium industry sector (IKM) with a total of more than 2,000 affected business units, consisting of 1,647 IKM in Aceh, 52 IKM in North Sumatra, and 367 IKM in West Sumatra.

The Ministry of Industry also identified seven impacts of disasters in Sumatra, including disruption of road and bridge access, disruption of the supply chain, reduction of production capacity to temporary suspension, logistical and inter-regional distribution constraints, impacts on labor, dependence on supporting infrastructure, and the process of gradual operational recovery.

Furthermore, Secretary General Eko said that his party had asked the industry players in the country who produce disaster assistance products to maintain their production so that they could meet the needs of affected people.

"The Ministry of Industry also directly received assistance from industrial and community actors, including internally from the Ministry of Industry, which we have deployed directly to the three provinces. The Minister himself also handed over some communication tools directly to our work units in Banda Aceh, Medan, and Padang," he said.