Building the Sweetener Industry
Indonesia had a glorious history in the sugar industry until the beginning of the last century. However, the present condition is so at odds with that history that there must be a new effort to revive it.
President Joko Widodo looks at the sugarcane plantation which will be used as raw material for a new sugar factory in Bombana Regency, Southeast Sulawesi, Thursday (22/10/2020).
Indonesia had a glorious history in the sugar industry until the beginning of the last century. However, the present condition is so at odds with that history that there must be a new effort to revive it.
The sugar industry needs a new way to develop. So far, various policies have failed to increase domestic production. The Indonesian sugar industry began around 1650. Between 1830 and 1890 Indonesia developed modern sugar factories (PG). In 1930 production reached a total of 2.9 million tons, 2.2 million tons of which were exported.