Steady expansion will boost our production to 14.7 million tons this year. A large portion of this will be exported.
In order to accommodate rising demand, Indonesia needs to develop better infrastructure and port facilities. Otherwise, we will never maximum benefit from the bullish market.
We just want the government to pay attention to us. Our foreign-exchange contribution last year amounted to some US$6 billion. This is a huge industry but one that faces many constraints on expansion.
The President said that the Finance Ministry was still in the process of annulling some of the bylaws as local administrations now received more money from the central government.
Actually, Malaysia is already ahead of us, having an established promotion board for the commodity and a clear-cut plan on where to take the industry.
