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Friday, May 6, 2011
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Beautiful rice field is seen on the picture. The Government could develop the local farming to avoid importing the crops that can be grown in our country therefore it will strengthen the national food security.
Import weakens national food security Bali Post
DENPASAR - Indonesia is indeed the most promising consumer of import goods. Central Statistics Agency (BPS) noted the import growth continued speeding until reaching a new record. Until March 2011, the import value of Indonesia reached USD 14.48 billion or grew by 23.23 percent compared to February amounting to USD 11.75 billion. It was the greatest volume of monthly import of all time.
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Even, it has potential to weaken the national food security. An economist, Prof. Dr. Gede Sri Darma, said the high absorption rate of imported products in Indonesia will hamper the endeavor to achieve the food self-sufficiency. Even, the surge of imported goods had the potential to harm the economic sectors. Continued on page 6
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JAKARTA - Achieving significant progress in the efforts to form an ASEAN Community by 2015 is one the three main priorities of Indonesia’s policies as this year’s ASEAN chair, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said. “As the ASEAN chairman this year, Indonesia has three priorities and the first is to ensure significant progress in efforts to establish an
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Indonesia does not only import manufacturing goods such as electronic products, but also imports agricultural products like rice, sugar, flour, meat and even salt. Actually, such an excessive import policy will be more detrimental than beneficial. In the short term, invasion of imported products will make local food prices to be dropped.
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ASEAN Community by 2015,” Yudhoyono said in his address at the opening of an ASEAN-European Union Business Summit at the Jakarta Convention Center here on Thursday. The president was of the opinion the ASEAN Community was an effort to expand and strengthen the role of ASEAN economies, and Indonesian vision for ASEAN was also to narrow development gaps among ASEAN countries. Continued on page 6
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Achieving significant progress in the efforts to form an ASEAN Community by 2015 is one the three main priorities of Indonesia’s policies as this year’s ASEAN chair, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (left) said.