The Governor of West Sumatra hopes that the cement market will come back

The impact of the invasion of foreign cement producers is deeply felt by domestic companies.

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, PADANG – The governor of West Sumatra Irwan Prayitno (IP) expressed his hope that the cement industry market in Indonesia, especially for state-owned enterprises. State (SOE), can be recovered. As is known, total cement production in Indonesia amounted to 107 million tons, far exceeding the volume of demand for "only" 70 million tons. "I have a report on the national cement market, there is a problem, because there are 30 million tons of cement absorbed by the market, but the government is not long in focusing on the growth of the domestic industry ". said Irwan Sunday (15/7)

The two-period governor badured that the central government has a strategy to maintain the survival of red cement producers such as Semen Indonesia Group (in which there is Semen Padang) and Semen Baturaja. He believes that the central government is on the side of public enterprises by policies that support the expansion of the cement market in Indonesia.

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"The most important of course is the market At the same time, PT Semen Commissioner Padang Khairul Jasmi revealed that the invasion foreign cement factories in Indonesia really felt the impact of cement production enterprises.In addition, the central government authorized the expansion of cement import clinker (clinker) and ordinary cement by domestic actors.

The rules established by Minister of Commerce (Permendag) Regulation No. 7 of 2018 give the domestic industry the opportunity to obtain clinker and Cement volume on the international market: Clinker volume and volume of cement production in Indonesia are still excessive compared to existing demand

"For us in Sumatera West, Semen Padang must be in good health and performance will continue to rise, "said Khairul.

Khairul believes that the government is ready to hear and follow complaints from state-owned cement producers this time around. He hopes that the government's policy is in favor of public enterprises and does not make red cement producers lose their market.

"In addition, Pak Jokowi is actively building infrastructure, so the Padang-Pekanbaru toll road uses Semen Padang because it is a local production that works for the country's children," he said. .