SURABAYA, East Java - Stakeholders in East Java sugar industry --- which consists of the Provincial Government, the House of Representatives (DPRD) and sugarcane farmers --- urged President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), to revise the presidential instruction (Instruction) on the marketing of sugar in order to overcome the problem of sugar in Indonesia, which hurt farmers.
It was mentioned in a seminar entitled "messy trade system in the Middle Attack Sugar Refined Sugar" at the parliament building in East Java, on Thursday, March 12.
Deputy Governor of East Java, Saifullah Yusuf said sugar problems faced by farmers and entrepreneurs in East Java today is the auction price of sugar farmers on average lower than the benchmark prices Farmers (HPP) of Rp 8,100 / kg.
"The solution is to increase the production of sugar cane, sugar mill revitalization, development of facilities / infrastructure, institutional and financing, HPP and administration, as well as the establishment of a new PG," he said.
He added sugar problems is still not complete in Java because the majority of the sugar mills in East Java conditions are no longer efficient because of the age of over 100 years. Hence, policies rolled out recently to improve the yield of sugarcane minimum in the range of 10 is not much help. "Inevitably sugar mills should be revitalized so that efficient and quality improved so that the yield of sugarcane farmers increased. The government also needs to provide assurance that the HPP sugar predefined properly implemented so that the farmer gets certainty and no losers," he said
Currently Java is still the largest contributor to the national sugar production. Donations Java sugar production to national production reached 42 percent or 1.26 million tons per year. Total production is not entirely absorbed by the market in East Java because Java sugar needs only reached 450 thousand tons per year.
Meanwhile, sugar production in East Java from year to year tend to increase. If in 2013 the production of sugar as much as 2.54 million tons, in 2014 increased to 2.58 million tonnes. Increased production of sugar in Java can not be separated from the availability of land. In the last six years (2009-2014), sugarcane area in East Java increased by an average 3.38 percent per year so that production rose an average of 3.49 percent.
In addition, the cultivation of sugar cane in Java currently involves nearly 537 thousand households or at least 2.5 million people with an area of 219 110 hectares of planting area. They belong to two thousand farmers' groups and facilitated by cooperative sugar cane farmers as much as 105 units. Their activities are also supported 62 plants (PG), 53 of which are state-owned PG and PG nine privately owned. "And with that, Java is the region most affected by the poor state of the sugar trade," said Saifullah.
Meanwhile, Arum Sabil, Chairman of East Java APTRI declared a national requirement for refined sugar of 5.7 million tons based on the allocation of import licenses issued by the government need to be recalculated. Since the 11 existing refined sugar company currently has an installed capacity of 5.3 million tons. "If the industry needs mamin only 2.7 million tonnes, then obviously there is over capacity," he said.
Mubarok Kabil, Deputy Chairman of Commission B East Java Parliament urged the Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of SOEs to immediately load the one-door policy or decree (Decree Together) related to the marketing of sugar.
"It's so messy sugar trade system immediately resolved and no party is throwing responsibility. If necessary, the President Jokowi immediately make Instruction on sugar regulation so that there is certainty and avoid deviations that adversely affects the farmers, "he said.
It was mentioned in a seminar entitled "messy trade system in the Middle Attack Sugar Refined Sugar" at the parliament building in East Java, on Thursday, March 12.
Deputy Governor of East Java, Saifullah Yusuf said sugar problems faced by farmers and entrepreneurs in East Java today is the auction price of sugar farmers on average lower than the benchmark prices Farmers (HPP) of Rp 8,100 / kg.
"The solution is to increase the production of sugar cane, sugar mill revitalization, development of facilities / infrastructure, institutional and financing, HPP and administration, as well as the establishment of a new PG," he said.
He added sugar problems is still not complete in Java because the majority of the sugar mills in East Java conditions are no longer efficient because of the age of over 100 years. Hence, policies rolled out recently to improve the yield of sugarcane minimum in the range of 10 is not much help. "Inevitably sugar mills should be revitalized so that efficient and quality improved so that the yield of sugarcane farmers increased. The government also needs to provide assurance that the HPP sugar predefined properly implemented so that the farmer gets certainty and no losers," he said
Currently Java is still the largest contributor to the national sugar production. Donations Java sugar production to national production reached 42 percent or 1.26 million tons per year. Total production is not entirely absorbed by the market in East Java because Java sugar needs only reached 450 thousand tons per year.
Meanwhile, sugar production in East Java from year to year tend to increase. If in 2013 the production of sugar as much as 2.54 million tons, in 2014 increased to 2.58 million tonnes. Increased production of sugar in Java can not be separated from the availability of land. In the last six years (2009-2014), sugarcane area in East Java increased by an average 3.38 percent per year so that production rose an average of 3.49 percent.
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| Sugar Factory Kremboong PTPN X which has been revitalized. (source: Courtesy) |
In addition, the cultivation of sugar cane in Java currently involves nearly 537 thousand households or at least 2.5 million people with an area of 219 110 hectares of planting area. They belong to two thousand farmers' groups and facilitated by cooperative sugar cane farmers as much as 105 units. Their activities are also supported 62 plants (PG), 53 of which are state-owned PG and PG nine privately owned. "And with that, Java is the region most affected by the poor state of the sugar trade," said Saifullah.
Meanwhile, Arum Sabil, Chairman of East Java APTRI declared a national requirement for refined sugar of 5.7 million tons based on the allocation of import licenses issued by the government need to be recalculated. Since the 11 existing refined sugar company currently has an installed capacity of 5.3 million tons. "If the industry needs mamin only 2.7 million tonnes, then obviously there is over capacity," he said.
Mubarok Kabil, Deputy Chairman of Commission B East Java Parliament urged the Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of SOEs to immediately load the one-door policy or decree (Decree Together) related to the marketing of sugar.
"It's so messy sugar trade system immediately resolved and no party is throwing responsibility. If necessary, the President Jokowi immediately make Instruction on sugar regulation so that there is certainty and avoid deviations that adversely affects the farmers, "he said.
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