Ma'ruf Amin Upbeat about Halal Industrial Zones Drawing Foreign Investors
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Antara
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Petir Garda Bhwana
Minggu, 15 November 2020 11:18 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Vice President Ma'ruf Amin is optimistic that halal industrial zones (KIH), currently under development by the government, would draw the attention of foreign investors and drive domestic halal production.
"Halal industrial zones, currently growing and developing, are expected to attract the attention of international investors to make Indonesia a global hub for the world's halal products," Amin stated in his opening remarks at a web seminar on the International Halal Conference held virtually by Yogyakarta-based Gajah Mada University (UGM), Saturday.
The halal industrial zones must be part of the national and global industrial ecosystem, so that they would not stand alone, he explained, adding that sufficient regulations and incentives were necessary to bolster the halal industry.
"In order to strengthen this ecosystem, incentives and regulations are needed to support the harmonious integration of the halal product industry in the special economic zones (KEK)," he expounded.
Earlier, the vice president noted that an integrated service center for halal products will be built in each industrial zone. The halal certification process for industrial products is expected to run quickly.
The establishment of a one-stop service for halal products is supported by Regulation of the Minister of Industry (Permenperin) Number 17 of 2020 on procedures for obtaining a certificate in the framework of establishing a halal industrial zone.
"This is the first step in developing an integrated halal industrial zone in Indonesia wherein all services related to halal products are under one roof or one stop service," he stated.
Until now, two halal industrial zones -- Modern Cikande Industrial Estate in Serang, Banten, and the SAFE n LOCK Halal Industrial Park in Sidoarjo District, East Java Province -- are integrated with industrial estates.
Meanwhile, four other industrial zones yet in the process of preparing to have a halal cluster are the Bintan Inti Industrial Zone in Batam, Batamindo Industrial Zone in Batam, Jakarta Pulogadung Industrial Zone and Surya Borneo Industrial Zone in Central Kalimantan.
