Growing the Manufacturing Industry
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A Mitsubishi Pajero Sport SUV is assembled at the Mitsubishi Motors Corporation factory in the GIIC Deltamas industrial estate in Bekasi, West Java, on Tuesday (25/4/2017). The factory has a production capacity of 160,000 units per year. Apart from the Pajero Sport SUV, the factory also produces Mitsubishi’s new seven-seater MPVs and the Colt L300 light commercial vehicle.
The latest report by the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) has dismissed fears of deindustrialization. The micro-to-large manufacturing sector is growing positively.
In the first quarters of 2017, according to BPS, the medium-to-large manufacturing sector grew by 4.33 percent compared to the same period last year. Meanwhile, the growth of the micro-to-small manufacturing sector was faster, namely 6.63 percent.