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ELECTRONIC SALES IN MAY REACH RP1.6 TRILLION
Jakarta, June 18 (ANTARA) - Electronic sales in the country increased nine percent from Rp1.56 trillion in April to Rp1.69 trillion in May 2009, an electronic trader said.
"The increase in the sales of electronic products in May is encouraging as it rose by Rp1.3 billion from that in April," Secretary General of the Electronics Marketers Club (EMC) said here on Thursday.
He said that he had previously predicted that electronic sales in the country in the April-May period this year would drop due to financial crisis.
But after running for one month, the country unexpectedly saw a positive development where people's demand for electronic goods was increasing.
The sales in May this year even exceeded that in the corresponding period a year earlier which stood at Rp1.53 trillion.
"Therefore, we are trying to do our best to make the price stable so that demand would continue to increase, and it turns out to be increasing," he said.
This year, Indonesia has set itself a target of seven percent growth in electronic industry.
According to Industry Minister Fahmi Idris, the country's electronic industry needs US$2.5 billion in investment to achieve the targeted growth of 7 percent.
If the electronic industry grew 7 percent, an estimated 2,000 jobs could be created this year, he said.
To create a conducive business climate, the government had made various efforts, including lowering the tariff of luxury sales tax and tightening import procedures, he said.
Indonesia's exports of electronic goods contributed an average of US$7.1 billion to the state coffers every year, he said.
"We hope the figure will continue to increase (in the years to come)," he said.
The minister said domestic demand for electronic goods was estimated to reach Rp18.5 trillion last year.
In 2009 the domestic market for electronic goods remained stable and tended to increase as a result of the government's anticipatory measures to cope with the impact of the global economic slowdown, he said.***
"The increase in the sales of electronic products in May is encouraging as it rose by Rp1.3 billion from that in April," Secretary General of the Electronics Marketers Club (EMC) said here on Thursday.
He said that he had previously predicted that electronic sales in the country in the April-May period this year would drop due to financial crisis.
But after running for one month, the country unexpectedly saw a positive development where people's demand for electronic goods was increasing.
The sales in May this year even exceeded that in the corresponding period a year earlier which stood at Rp1.53 trillion.
"Therefore, we are trying to do our best to make the price stable so that demand would continue to increase, and it turns out to be increasing," he said.
This year, Indonesia has set itself a target of seven percent growth in electronic industry.
According to Industry Minister Fahmi Idris, the country's electronic industry needs US$2.5 billion in investment to achieve the targeted growth of 7 percent.
If the electronic industry grew 7 percent, an estimated 2,000 jobs could be created this year, he said.
To create a conducive business climate, the government had made various efforts, including lowering the tariff of luxury sales tax and tightening import procedures, he said.
Indonesia's exports of electronic goods contributed an average of US$7.1 billion to the state coffers every year, he said.
"We hope the figure will continue to increase (in the years to come)," he said.
The minister said domestic demand for electronic goods was estimated to reach Rp18.5 trillion last year.
In 2009 the domestic market for electronic goods remained stable and tended to increase as a result of the government's anticipatory measures to cope with the impact of the global economic slowdown, he said.***
