Wamenperin: Industry Sector Must Grow 8.6 Percent

Deputy Minister of Industry (Wamenperin) Faisol Riza said the industrial sector must grow to 8.6 percent and contribute 22 percent to GDP so that Indonesia gets out of the middle income trap, and realizes economic growth.

The Deputy Minister of Industry in a statement in Jakarta, Monday, December 23, said that to achieve this, it is necessary to increase industrial productivity through technological innovation, improve skills and education, as well as managerial and technical efficiency.

"To achieve this, it must be taken in a different way, because in a general way, our resources will not be sufficient. Thus, we must look for breakthroughs in order to achieve industrial improvements and donations in the form of high ministry performance," he said, quoted from Antara.

He gave an example, one of the work units within the Ministry of Industry's Standardization and Industrial Services Policy Agency (BSKJI), namely the Yogyakarta Center for Standardization and Services for Skin, Rubber and Plastic Industry (BBSPJIKKP) has great potential for business development, thus helping accelerate economic growth above 8 percent.

This potential is the Greenhouse Gas Verification Validation (VV GRK) service and the Carbon Economic Value (NEK) scheme.

"However, the challenge is how to reach companies that need this service, considering that many are located outside Yogyakarta," he said.

Furthermore, Head of BSKJI Andi Rizaldi conveyed through the Center for Green Industry, his party has encouraged and facilitated the establishment of the Validation and Verification Institution (LVV).

There are currently at least eight LVVs that are in the process of heading for accreditation, and LVV BBSPJIKKP Yogyakarta is the first to be owned by the Ministry of Industry, and is currently accredited for the scope of carbon economic value.

"We also hope that LVV GRK can help create a green industry and support economic growth," he said.