Lyrics Of Fishery Industry Development In Eastern Indonesia, 8 Domestic Investors Ready To Disburse IDR 156 M

Director General for Strengthening the Competitiveness of Marine and Fishery Products (PDSPKP), Artati Widiarti. (Photo: ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) is aggressively promoting investment opportunities in marine and fisheries businesses. These efforts make the investment climate grow positively.

This was marked by the entry of eight domestic investors to invest Rp. 156 billion in the fishing industry in eastern Indonesia.

Director General of Strengthening the Competitiveness of Marine and Fishery Products (PDSPKP), Artati Widiarti said the eight investors had expressed interest in investing.

The plan, they will develop businesses in the fields of shrimp cultivation, fish processing, and marketing of seaweed.

"Alhamdulillah, eight investors are interested in investing in the marine and fisheries sector in eastern Indonesia," he said in a written statement, Saturday, July 30.

Artati revealed that the areas that investors are looking at include Sumbawa Regency with an investment interest in shrimp cultivation of IDR 80 billion and processing of tuna and crabs worth IDR 10 billion.

Then, continued Artati, the construction of an ice factory worth Rp. 500 million and the construction of a Fish Processing Unit (UPI) for fresh fish products and frozen fish worth Rp. 45 billion for Mimika Regency.

Meanwhile for East Flores Regency, investors are interested in investing in UPI worth Rp. 20 billion and the construction of an ice factory worth Rp. 500 million.

"Of course this is good news and we will definitely follow up," he said.

The same thing was said by the Director of Business and Investment of the Directorate General of PDSPKP, Catur Sarwanto.

Catur confirmed that he would immediately coordinate with the local government.

At the same time, he is ready to assist investors who have submitted investment interests so that they can realize their investments.

"According to our directives and policies, we will immediately coordinate this with the regional government," said Catur.

In the promotion of investment opportunities in Makassar some time ago, Catur ensured that PDSPKP also offered the opportunity to invest in the City of Parepare.

Referring to the 2019 RJPMN, the City of Parepare has been directed to become a Regional Activity Center (PKW) with a focus as a center for the processing industry.

This stipulation aims to encourage economic and agro-industry activities in the surrounding areas such as Barru, Pinrang, Sidrap and Enrekang Regencies.

In addition, the City of Parepare is also included in the National Strategic Area (KAPET).

"Parepare's fishery potential consists of capture fisheries, processing and cultivation. For a pond with a potential of 64 hectares and a pond of 3,355 hectares, of course this is also an investment opportunity that we offer," he explained.

At the same forum, Japanese export market practitioner, Imelda Ropaz, described the market opportunities for fishery products in Sakura Country.

Currently, Japan still relies on imported products with the largest import contribution coming from China as much as 18.1 percent, while Indonesia contributes 4.9 percent.

According to 2021 data, the main trading partners of shrimp exports to Japan are India, Vietnam, Argentina, Indonesia and Thailand. Then Taiwan, China, South Korea, Malta and Morocco became the main trading partners for tuna products.

"So there are 3 factors that must be considered to strengthen the competitiveness of products to Japan, namely searching product data, market inspections and finding the right partner/buyer," he said.

For information, under the command of the Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Sakti Wahyu Trenggono, KKP succeeded in increasing investment enthusiasm in the Indonesian marine and fisheries sector throughout the first semester of 2022.

Realization of investment in the first semester of 2022 is estimated to reach Rp4.04 trillion, an increase of 36.29 percent compared to the same period in 2021.