Through BIMP-EAGA Maritime 2023, The Indonesian Chamber Of Commerce And Industry For National Economic Growth Capai 6 Percent

JAKARTA - The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) targets the annual Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia-Filipina East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) which will be held in February to be able to produce business transactions that can contribute to national economic growth.

Head of the Logistics and Supply Chain Agency of Kadin Akbar Djohan targets that this activity will be able to boost the Indonesian economy from a logistics perspective of up to six percent or higher than the national economic growth achievement in the third quarter of 2022, which is 5.72 percent.

He also hopes that the activity, which will be held on February 21-23, 2023, can pocket 20-30 percent of the total logistical economic potential (integrated) or better than during the COVID-19 pandemic.

"The total economy is rotating, when we talk about the logistics of the ecosystem, it is no less than 2,000 trillion, both from maritime, meaning from the sea transportation mode, its air, even land. Well, this is approximately 2,000 trillion. We are also not too grandiose, at least better than the pandemic, yes," Akbar told reporters at the Kadin Tower, Jakarta, Thursday, January 12.

According to Akbar, the target is able to provide good hope and contribution, namely above revenue income in the previous 3-4 years.

"So, we from the logistics agency Kadin are very optimistic that this generic and non-general growth can boost national economic growth, and become our trigger at the beginning of this year can revive hopes from the government," he said.

For your information, BIMP-EAGA is an annual event for container ports, shipping and logistics and trade transportation with the aim of Indonesia being able to promote and facilitate trade and economic development throughout the BIMP-EAGA region through transportation and logistics.

The BIMP-EAGA forum itself was founded in 1994 by Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines to accelerate socio-economic development in the four countries.

The forum is implemented to increase subregional cooperation between four countries in the Southeast Asian Region and hold meetings every year.