20 Jul 2016
"They will develop a sugar mill for consumption and industry in the new land," said Director General for Agro Industry at Industry Ministry Panggah Susanto in Jakarta, Tuesday.
Panggah made that statement after accompanying Industry Minister Saleh Husin receiving Director of PT Pabrik Gula Gorontalo N Sampoerno.
Panggah said that the company currently has a sugar mill with a production capacity of 8,000 ton canes per day (tcd).
The mill cultivates 8,000 hectares of sugar cane in South East Sulawesi.
'The mill will be expanded from Southeast Sulawesi to another place for new investment," said Panggah.
Although he has yet to mention the value of investment, the company has obtained the right to use the land (HGU) to establish the mill.
The sugar company is known to have a mill that produces tapioca with a production capacity of 300-500 tons per day, involving surrounding cassava farmers.
The Industry Ministry also supports the business sector, given that Indonesias tapioca import is still high.
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Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Ministry of Industry is set to cooperate with the Indonesian Food and Beverage Entrepreneurs Association (Gapmmi) to review the refined sugar stock in the industry.
"'Along with Gapmmi, we will ask and check the stock in the warehouses," Director General for Agro Industry at Industry Ministry, Panggah Susanto, said in Jakarta, Tuesday.
Panggah said that the scarcity of refined sugar is quite worrying as its production is disrupted in several areas, particularly in Thailand, an exporter of raw sugar to Indonesia.
Therefore, said Panggah, Indonesia will import raw sugar from Brazil, so that if it usually takes a week when imported from Thailand, it will take 40 days when imported from Brazil.
"'We do not have any other options but to import it from Brazil, so that we can anticipate if there is any delay," said Panggah.
Although the food and beverage industry is growing above the assumption, Panggah does not need to increase the quota for imported raw sugar this year.
"'Our assumption was 5 percent, yet it turned out to be 7 percent. We are still using the 5 percent, but if we see that the stocks in our warehouses are running low, we should not let there be no stock at all," Panggah said.
According to Panggah, the quota for raw sugar until the end of 2016 reaches 3.2 million tons, and its realization up until now is 1.7 million tons.
Meanwhile, its utilization until September 2016 is predicted to reach 2.7 million tons, so that there will be a remaining ration of 500 thousand tons to be proposed in the fourth quarter.
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