Dekarindo noted, at this time, Indonesia was the country's second largest natural rubber producer in the world with a volume of 2.9 million tons per year in 2009, while Thailand ranked as the top.
Chairman Dekarindo Azis Pane said downstream rubber industry in the country today needs to be developed so that they can increase their competitiveness.
"We have not yet developed hilirisasi industry. To that end we will push to find new investors from Europe that has the capacity and technology so that we can compete with competitor countries in Asia, "Aziz said in Jakarta on Tuesday (31/08/2010)
Azis said that natural rubber production in Indonesia at this moment more exported. Based on data from the National Rubber Committee (2007) processed by Dekarindo, of the total rubber production as much as 2.7 million tons, a total of 2.4 million tons were exported, the remaining 391 thousand tons are consumed domestically.
According to him, Indonesia exported more raw materials like natural rubber compared to process them into finished goods. While in Malaysia processed into products gloves and tires of vehicles.
Azis explained, the development of rubber industry will be divided into three groups, namely the special rubber for export, high-tech materials, and raw materials of small and medium scale industries (SMI).
For high-tech rubber raw materials, he added, for example, be used to meet the market automobile parts and laboratory equipment. While for the HPI, he said, is used for children's toy industry and household appliances industries.
"For children such as why the toy industry to date we can not control? We will be working with Rubber Research Centre to develop products with added value. Meanwhile, a special high-tech materials will be offered to foreign and private investors, "he explained.
Downstream rubber products can be developed in the domestic golf rubber carpet (carpet golf from the rubber), an aircraft tire retreading, rubber asphalt (asphalt rubber mixture), rubber cement (cement anti-earthquake) to the rubber walls.
"Hilirisasi rubber industry needs support and consistency from the government. In addition to encouraging the development of downstream sectors, we also work to improve the productivity of Indonesia's natural rubber which is currently relatively low among the world's leading producer of natural rubber, "he explained.
Dekarindo, Azis said, will cooperate with the Association of Indonesian Farmers Group (HKTI) for improving productivity and quality of natural rubber. In addition, Dekarindo, he says, will increase the importance of socialization of greening using rubber, where rubber trees have a high enough carbon.
"At present, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar to boost the expansion of rubber plantation investment from China. So we need to improve productivity and planting of rubber plants, as well as downstream industry so that our export performance in awake, "he said. (Sandra Karina / Newspapers SI / ade)
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