Parigi Industry And Trade Minister Asks Local Entrepreneurs To Take Advantage Of The Sea Toll

Local entrepreneurs in Parigi Moutong Regency, Central Sulawesi take advantage of marine toll facilities to support product marketing access outside the region/ Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - The Department of Industry and Trade of Parigi Moutong Regency, Central Sulawesi seeks local entrepreneurs in the district to take advantage of sea toll facilities to support product marketing access outside the region. It is difficult to sell products to other regions," said Head of the Industry and Trade Office of Parigi Moutong Moh Yasir in Parigi, quoting Antara, Sunday, April 11. He explained that in the near future his party will visit Bitung, North Sulawesi as a destination for the Parigi Moutong market in in order to negotiate with local authorities to supply goods. In addition, Bitung Port is a sea toll ship base that also serves the Parigi route, so that traders from Parigi Moutong in the future are more free to send logistics according to market needs. sea from the Port of Parigi. Logistics are sent by rice commodity," said Yasir.

Even so, the utilization of the sea highway from the entrepreneur has not been maximized, in which the delivery of rice is still around 500 tons per month. 200 tons of them by sea and 300 others by land.

Therefore, after exploring the market for other products besides rice in Bitung, the relevant agencies also invited business actors to discuss further plans as a form of encouragement from the local government in bridging the sale of regional superior products.

The use of the sea toll road by the Parigi Moutong Regency Government is in line with the expectations of the Parigi port authorities who want their facilities to have an impact on regional economic growth. , Gorontalo Province, now the route is opened only to the Port of Parigi, Talamuta and directly to Bitung. This is intended so that logistics are loaded quickly to arrive at their destination," said Yasir. facilitate inter-island access in the Teuk Tomini area. "Using sea toll facilities is certainly more cost-effective, because there are government subsidies," he said.