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Government To Stop Importing Salt Starting Next Year
Thursday, 28 Nov 2024
The Coordinating Minister for Food Affairs, Zulkifli Hasan, announced that Indonesia will cease salt imports starting in 2025. This decision will be formalized in the revision of Presidential Regulation (Perpres) Number 126 of 2022 concerning the Acceleration of National Salt Development.
"Next year, we must not import salt for consumption anymore. This is stipulated by Perpres 126, and it is no longer permitted," stated Zulhas following a Limited Coordination Meeting at the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) in Central Jakarta on Thursday, November 28, 2024.
If there are no changes, Indonesia will stop importing consumption salt in 2025, followed by a halt on industrial salt imports in 2027.
During the same event, the Minister of KKP mentioned that to achieve self-sufficiency in salt, the government will establish a production model under State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN). He noted that the government has already identified salt-producing regions, particularly in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT).
He emphasized that industrial salt must contain a minimum of 97 percent sodium chloride (NaCl), while the salt produced in NTT reportedly exceeds this NaCl percentage.
The most crucial aspect for us at the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries is the upstream sector. Therefore, if the upstream resources are abundant, I am confident that the industry can be effectively managed, as this will positively impact the downstream sector, he added.
The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) reported that Indonesia imported 2.8 million tons of salt in 2023. This figure represents an increase from 2.75 million tons in the previous year.
In 2023, the majority of imported salt came from Australia, totaling 2.15 million tons. This was followed by imports from China (1,506 tons), Thailand (1,028 tons), India (641,000 tons), New Zealand (5,138 tons), Denmark (484 tons), and Germany (304 tons). (deriz@insightinnews.com)
