New investment commitment only realized 41%

JAKARTA --  The amount of investment commitments into Indonesia was not entirely able to be realized. According to data from the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM), the average realization of investment commitments that go from 2002 to 2013 only 41.2% of what was promised.

Head of BKPM Sibarani Franky said, a number of factors have led investors can not realize their commitments. For example, the problem of overlapping licenses, until the infrastructure problems that are not yet ready.

Of the four countries with the largest investment commitment, the ratio of the highest realization of an investment from South Korea (ROK). South Korean investment commitment value reached US $ 9.51 billion.

Although South Korean investment value is not the greatest, but the realization of the precision of ginseng country is number one. "From the amount (commitment) that are capable realized reached US $ 6.74 billion, or only 70.87%," said Franky, last week.

In addition to having a good realization accuracy, the South has always been one of the top investors for Indonesia. In addition to other countries such as China and Japan.

Meanwhile, the two neighboring countries, namely Singapore and Malaysia which also has a substantial investment commitment realization ratio is far below the South. For Singapore, from investment commitment of US $ 49 billion, the realization was only US $ 25 billion or 51.02%.
Malaysia even worse, from an investment commitment of US $ 11 billion, only 36.35% of its realization alias worth US $ 4 billion alone. However, the most serious is China, the ratio of only 6.75% realization.
Although, compared to the three countries before China has a much larger commitment. Value of investment commitments china reached US $ 23.3 billion, while the realization of only US $ 1.53 billion.
This shows, the government should not just be complacent if suidah mendaptkan large investment commitment of a country. Economist of the Deposit Insurance Agency Arifianto Doddy said, the government should oversee the implementation of the investment to be realized.
In fact, if necessary, the government should ensure that investments are in Indonesia realization must be sustainable. Therefore, the investment objective is not to facilitate the entry of investors doing business in the country, but where they stimulate the economy in the country.

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