Hasil Ekspor Perkebunan Tergerus oleh Defisit Transaksi Berjalan
Results Plantations Exports Eroded by the Current Account Deficit
Reporter : Gusmiati Waris
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
Jakarta (B2B) - Hasil produksi pertanian dari sektor perkebunan sangat membanggakan, khususnya subsektor minyak kelapa sawit (CPO) sebagai andalan ekspor Indonesia. Namun nilai hasil ekspor menjadi tidak sebanding dengan volume ekspor akibat dari defisit transaksi berjalan.
Menteri Koordinator Perekonomian Hatta Rajasa mengatakan perkebunan masih menjadi subsektor andalan di Indonesia, bahkan subsektor CPO mengalami surplus perdagangan dengan pemasukan ekspor US$24 miliar.
"Akan tetapi, karena mengalami defisit di sektor lain maka surplus subsektor di perkebunan yang tidak sebanding maka current account masih mengalami defisit," kata Hatta Rajasa saat membuka Expo Nasional Inovasi Perkebunan 2013 di JCC Senayan Jakarta, Jumat (30/8).
Pemerintah saat ini, katanya lagi, telah menyusun program pembangunan perkebunan yang diarahkan pada revitalisasi perkebunan, swasembada gula nasional, penyediaan bahan tanaman sumber bahan bakar nabati dan pengembangan komoditas ekspor.
"Di sisi lain pendekatan value added dari hulu hingga ke hilir tidak sekedar meningkatkan value added tapi juga kemampuan meningkatkan kualitas produk untuk memenuhi tuntutan pasar," tambah Hatta.
Jakarta (B2B) - Results from the agricultural production sector, the mainstay of exports of of Indonesia plantations, particularly palm oil (CPO). However, the value of export proceeds are not comparable with the volume of exports, due eroded by current account deficit.
Coordinating Minister for the Economy Hatta Rajasa said plantations sub-sector is still a flagship of Indonesia, CPO even run a trade surplus with export revenues U.S.$ 24 billion.
"However, because of other sectors in deficit, the surplus in the plantation sector is not comparable to the current account was in deficit," said Hatta Rajasa when opened the Plantation National Innovation Expo 2013 at JCC Senayan Jakarta on Friday (30/8).
The current government, he said, has put together a program of development aimed at revitalizing plantations plantations, national self-sufficiency, providing sources of plant materials for biofuels and the development of export commodities.
"On the flip side, value added approach from upstream to downstream to not only increase the value added, but also the ability to improve the quality of products to meet market demands," Hatta added.
