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Ministry of Defence (Kemhan) will design a state-defense education for prospective Indonesian migrant workers (TKI). That way, all workers thinking about martial state of consciousness while looking for food in foreign countries.

Director General of Defence Potential Budi Susilo Supandji explain current Kemhan still discussing the matter with the country’s defense-related government agencies. One of them through state-defense workshop to be held in Kemhan 2010. “The workshop was for the same perception,” said Budi, Tuesday (01/06/2010).

In addition to the TKI, education, defense of other countries through formal channels through scouting. Kemhan Kwartir will hold national and regional levels to provide education in the country behind Scouting.

Defence Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro said, defending the country is the essential obligations as well as honor for a citizen of Indonesia. “We live in Indonesia, was born in Indonesia, grew up and later died in Indonesia,” said Purnomo.

In addition, the martial state must be a loyal citizen awareness negara.Oleh therefore, there must be continuous socialization for raising the awareness to defend the country.

This workshop involves the Ministry of Home Affairs, Bappenas, Ministry of National Education, KementerianHukum and human rights, and the Ministry of Youth and Sports.

Imports of capital goods, raw materials / auxiliary, and consumer goods have increased substantially during the first quarter in 2010. Than the same period the previous year, imports of capital goods increased by 46.67%, imports of raw materials / auxiliary increased by 64.36% and imports of consumption goods increased by 68.88%.

Mahendra Siregar, Deputy Minister of Trade said the increased demand for imported raw materials / supplies and capital goods are a reflection of the national industry conditions improve.

“Increased imports of goods both groups were consistent with the increasing realization of the investment in the first quarter of 2010 increased by 24.6% to reach USD 42.1 trillion,” he said in a press conference of Trade performance in 2010, the Commerce Department building, Friday (4 / 6) .

Mahendra explained, imports increased by 0.6% April 2010 if compared to the previous month. The increase was driven strengthening import all classes of goods, while raw materials / auxiliary continued to dominate the structure of imports followed by capital goods and consumer goods.

“During January-April 2010, imports of raw materials reached 72.7% of the total, while approximately 19.8% of capital goods and consumer goods of about 7.5%,” he said.

The high import content of manufacturing, according to Mahendra, a very determined performance of the sector. In addition, consumers also consider domestic competitiveness, including economic factors in finding the source of the product. In addition, he continued,

there was a shift of import origin countries, especially Japan. He gave an example, today the majority of textile machines were imported from China. It’s also because a number of capital goods manufacturers move their production bases to the country.

Head of Research and thresholded Industru (BPPI) Dedi Mulyadi said, because the contribution of rising imports fueled the growth of national industries to 2.5-fold during the first quarter of 2010. Dedi rate, this growth is remarkable considering spelled sluggish performance of the national industry in the last year.

“Growth this year was fantastic, from about 1% last year, so four% this year. We must see the positive side, the industry requires raw materials which many are not all here,” he said.

The high import, he added, could impact on foreign reserves. Structure in order to remain healthy, he said, export performance should be encouraged in order to offset the import.

Dedi was also claimed the export-oriented industries can grow higher than the national average, which is around 5%. However, it did not rule, the transfer of raw materials from domestic sources to import by a local manufacturer to hoist the rate of imports.

“Only then, should be explored in greater depth, until the five-digit HS,” he explained.

Ministry of Commerce noted, the industrial sector’s exports increased by 36.66% or U.S. $ 28.7 million During January-April 2010 compared to same period previous year.(MI)

During the clashes that occurred in Koja, North Jakarta Wednesday (14 / 4), causing the Koja container terminal is not operating. This causes the loss of which is rumored to reach hundreds of billions of rupiah.

Nevertheless, the Coordinating Minister for Economic Hatta Rajasa said, the bloody tragedy will not affect the import of export activities in the Port of Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta. “Indeed, we deplore the incident, let alone to eat the victim. But I got a report from the minister of transportation that exports are not disrupted, because some of the open door to go to the ship,” he told reporters.(source liputan6)

Indonesian Government had decided to seek the most appropriate pattern of related value added tax (VAT) of white crystal sugar farmers. Before any policy related to the mechanism of the imposition of VAT sugar farmers, 10 percent VAT policy still refers to the year 2009.
The pattern for VAT sugar still refers to the year 2009.
- Krisnamurthi

That was revealed by Deputy Minister of Agriculture Krisnamurthi, Friday (5/7/2010) in Jakarta. “The pattern for VAT sugar still refers to the year 2009, meaning there is no imposition of VAT only for sugar farmers,” he said.

The issue of VAT imposition of sugar farmers started to warm up some time ago. Discourse had developed that the imposition of VAT sugar farmers will be included in the cost of a buffer policy (HPP), so farmers are not burdened with VAT. But until yesterday the government has not set it.

Year 2009 production of white sugar crystals in a country of about 2.5 million tons. Most of the sugar farmers. Indonesian Sugar Council (DGI) has also submitted the magnitude of Production Cost (BPP) of sugar to the Ministry of Commerce of USD 6250 per kilogram. Kementan requested that Secretary of Commerce establish HPP sugar before 25 May. HPP quantities of sugar by the DGI ideally CPP plus 10 percent, as profit margins. (kompas)

Australian Shares Tumbled 2.02 Percent

In trading on Friday (07/05/2010), the Australian Stock Exchange index fell 2.02 percent, amid fears the crisis will spread to parts of the Greek world. Panic in the U.S. stock market, with the Dow Jones index plummeted 9 per cent even had time to recover, also influence the decision of Australian investors.

Conditions in Europe, has affected the markets then even worse, said Ben Potter, analyst at IG Markets, Friday. In the end, we’ll talk about the deteriorating condition of the country, not just the company, complained Potter.

Australian investors are also affected by the statement of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. I do not intend to give warning of this condition (market decline). But, we are following the developments closely, he said. Australia’s market value has fallen 6.8 percent, in the past week.

Besides being a Greek influence, the stock market Australia first mining stocks hit by commodity price declines, and the Australian government plans to implement 40 per cent tax to mining companies who reap super profits.

Indonesian leather products to potential customers is actually a community abroad, not domestically. Therefore, the purchasing power of the Indonesian people against skin products is still weak. At least, that’s what traders felt the local leather bag from Yogyakarta, Syaiful Malchan.

“Maybe if in Jakarta different, but if in quiet area, due to market leather products were in the outside community,” he said, Sunday (09/05/2010), on the sidelines of the exhibition of shoes and leather products, in Jakarta.

The same is also felt by businessmen leather, Hi Hwat. “Indeed we have often joined in the exhibition outside (the country) so that our products known to the international market,” he said.

Hi Hwat claimed, companies are often involved in exhibitions in Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Bogota. Skin material products are now exported to Europe, America and Japan.

S just the same money with Hwat Hi, Saiful also explain their products rely heavily on overseas markets. “Back when I was often out of exports, profits can be 100 percent. Now at least 20 percent, because it does not export anymore,” he said.

Under the name A. Syahlan Collection, Saiful claimed in previous years he regularly sends his leather products to Japan, Taiwan, and Spain. He admitted that its sales to overseas raw materials stopped because the skin becomes increasingly expensive.(source kompas)

Raced In The Creative
Local leather products industry need to be more creative in the face of global competition. Improved quality should be a priority. Thus the Secretariat General of the Association submitted Indonesian footwear (Aprisindo), Binsar Marpaung.

“The entry of foreign products such as China should be addressed by improving the quality of local products,” he said, Sunday (05/09/2010), at the Shoe and Leather Products Exhibition 2010, Jakarta.

He also explains the need for the role of government and associations. “For instance, the government has helped restructure the engine in the form of incentives, this is also a form of protecting local products,” he said.

However, he thinks leather shoe industry still requires investments in the field of raw materials. “Exhibitions like this actually really helped the local shoe industry for introducing their products directly to customers with a facilitated industrial ministries and associations,” he told Kompas.com.

Meanwhile, the sales turnover of footwear and leather industries of Indonesia in First Quarter-2010 reached USD 4.6 trillion. This figure is up 10 percent compared to Quarter IV-2009. Meanwhile, the local shoe product actually been able to speak in the international market. Therefore, the target market of this sector’s exports in 2010 reached 2 billion U.S. dollars, up 11 percent over the previous year.

Scarcity of fertilizer occurred in Mandailing Natal, North Sumatra. SCTV watchlist, on Tuesday (13 / 4), a number of retail kiosks in District Panyabungan, has not received a supply of urea fertilizer from Pusri party. Of the 21 existing groups of farmers, none of the groups who already receive subsidized fertilizer.

Due to this void, thousands of hectares of paddy crop has not given fertilizer. Even if there is, farmers who cultivate his land was only the remnants of fertilizer in the previous growing season. Meanwhile, to purchase non-subsidized fertilizer, farmers are not able. They were hoping to increase the price of fertilizer is not used retailers later.

In Grobogan, Central Java, hundreds of hectares of rice fields left blank with no crop due to the scarcity of fertilizers. Though, this time in a condition ready for planting rice. Moreover, adequate water source. Wetland that has entered the second planting season finally left empty fallow [read: Planting season is plagued Availability Fertilizer].

Meanwhile, amid the scarcity of fertilizer, farmers in Gunung Kidul, Yogyakarta, switch to using organic manure to fertilize their rice crops. Besides easily obtained, the farmers also do not need to pay big. Because, the price of organic fertilizer is only Rp 1,000 per kilogram.

Scarcity and rising fertilizer costs make the production of organic fertilizer plant one in Plembutan increased sharply. In fact, the increase reached 100 percent. Farmer groups who are also producers of organic manure fertilizer admitted overwhelmed fill orders. This is due to the raw materials used in the form of cow dung and chicken that comes from people around limited.(sorce : liputan6)

The highest retail price increase of subsidized fertilizer based on the Minister of Agriculture Regulation No. 32 Year 2010 made a number of farmers in Probolinggo, East Java, found it difficult. According to a fertilizer dealer in Jalan Sudirman, the increase in fertilizer prices ranging from 25 percent to 35 percent. Prices do not include the profits taken by the seller of fertilizer.

This makes the cost of planting increased and increasingly burdensome considering the price of grain farmers are now down. Farmers expect the government to review the fertilizer price increase, or at least create a stable grain price in pasaran.negara forward until the end of 2011, at an average rate of nine percent.

“High Unemployment constant may be the main policy challenges facing these countries because the recovery gain traction,” Write a report agency based in Washington.

“World Economic Outlook” The IMF projected that economic progress will be difficult to create enough jobs even when their economy recovers to meet the expanding workforce. According to IMF projections “the unemployment rate remains high – about nine per cent – until the end of 2011.

The IMF warned the United States, European countries and Japan that they must do more to start improving job market.

Although the U.S. economy created 162,000 jobs in March, the biggest increase in three years, the unemployment rate remained at 9.7 percent range.

Since the recession began in December 2007, approximately eight million Americans lost their jobs. Approximately 15 million Americans are still unemployed.

This is the same gloomy situation in most of Europe. In the last quarter of 2009, Spain reported the unemployment rate amounted to 18.83 percent.

International Monetary Fund (IMF), Wednesday (14 / 4), said it estimates that high levels of unemployment continue in developed countries until the end of 2011, at an average rate of nine percent.

“High Unemployment constant may be the main policy challenges facing these countries because the recovery gain traction,” Write a report agency based in Washington.

“World Economic Outlook” The IMF projected that economic progress will be difficult to create enough jobs even when their economy recovers to meet the expanding workforce. According to IMF projections “the unemployment rate remains high – about nine per cent – until the end of 2011.

The IMF warned the United States, European countries and Japan that they must do more to start improving job market.

Although the U.S. economy created 162,000 jobs in March, the biggest increase in three years, the unemployment rate remained at 9.7 percent range.

Since the recession began in December 2007, approximately eight million Americans lost their jobs. Approximately 15 million Americans are still unemployed.

This is the same gloomy situation in most of Europe. In the last quarter of 2009, Spain reported the unemployment rate amounted to 18.83 percent.

U.S. Central Bank (The Federal Reserve) Wednesday (13 / 4) depicts a picture of gradual recovery from the recession the U.S., but still having trouble with unemployment, according to the latest report “Beige Book”.

“Overall economic activity increased slightly since the last report on all Federal Reserve Districts except St. Louis,” the Fed wrote in the report that will be used at a meeting of central bank policy-making body next on 27-28 April.

The report also describes, in general labor market remains weak, consumer spending levels increased, manufacturing activity increased, residential real estate markets were also seen improving albeit with a low level.

The Fed continues to maintain very low interest rates to spur economic growth expectations, ignoring the warning that inflation could be awakened.

During the clashes that occurred in Koja, North Jakarta Wednesday (14 / 4), causing the Koja container terminal is not operating. This causes the loss of which is rumored to reach hundreds of billions of rupiah.

Nevertheless, the Coordinating Minister for Economic Hatta Rajasa said, the bloody tragedy will not affect the import of export activities in the Port of Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta. “Indeed, we deplore the incident, let alone to eat the victim. But I got a report from the minister of transportation that exports are not disrupted, because some of the open door to go to the ship,” he told reporters.(source liputan6)