JAKARTA - The government is determined to realize the availability, affordability and fulfillment of food consumption that is sufficient, safe, quality and nutritionally balanced, both at the national and regional levels to individuals equally. This is in accordance with the mandate of Law Number 18 of 2012 concerning Food.
“Therefore, the food industry plays an important role in achieving these targets. So far, the food industry sector has made a significant contribution to the national economy," said Industry Minister Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita in Jakarta, Tuesday (23/8).
The Minister of Industry said that the food industry sub-sector contributed 38.38% of the GDP of the non-oil and gas processing industry in the second quarter of 2022. In addition, the food industry sub-sector also contributed greatly to the achievement of the national export value, reaching USD21.35 billion.
"The data shows that the performance of the food industry sector is quite good, which has also been able to provide a trade balance surplus of USD12.95 billion," he said. The five export commodities of the Indonesian food industry are palm oil, palm cake, margarine, coconut oil, and frozen shrimp.
Next, the food industry is the sub-sector that ranks second in providing the largest contribution to investment in the non-oil and gas industry in the second quarter of 2022, with an achievement of Rp22.42 trillion. "We should be grateful for the increase in industrial performance, especially in the food sub-sector and need to be maintained and improved again, while remaining vigilant in the midst of the threat of a world food crisis," he added.
The largest investments in the food sector include the bread, flour and palm oil industries. For employment, the number of workers in the food industry sector was 5.21 million people or contributed 20.87% of the total workforce in the non-oil and gas manufacturing sector which reached 18.64 million people. (LM)