RUBBER YARN EXPORT MARKET FROM INDONESIA

The price of world rubber yarn has been increasing in the last few years, but unfortunately this good opportunity has not been used by Indonesia’s rubber yarn producer to boost their exports, which have been fluctuating in the last five years.

In Indonesia, rubber yarn has developed for quite a long time and now there are four producers of the commodity with a total production capacity of 17,208 tons per year. They are PT CILATEXINDO GRAHA ALAM, PT BAKRIE RUBBER INDUSTRY, PT PERKEBUNAN NUSANTARA III, and PT SWASTHI PARAMA MULYA.

According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) in 2001 the exports stood only at 6,337 tons worth US$9,282 thousand, and in 2002 increased by 5.7% to 6,697 tons, but in 2003 reached only 4,409 tons estimated at US$9,818 thousand. After increasing to 6,576 tons in 2004, the rubber yarn export in 2005 dropped to 5,542 tons worth US$13,971 thousand.

Of the destination of Indonesia’s rubber yarn exports in 2004, the biggest was Hong Kong with 2,987 tons (45.4% from total exports), followed by Turkey (644 tons=9.6%), South Korea (632 tons=9.6%), the United States (622 tons=9.5%), and Thailand (621 tons=9.4%).


List of Contact

PT. CILATEXINDO GRAHA ALAM
Address:
Jl. Raya Narogong Km. 23 Desa Dayeuh,
Cileungsi, Bogor 16820 – INDONESIA
Tel: (62 21) 8230153
Fax: (62 21) 8230152

PT. BAKRIE RUBBER INDUSTRY
Address:
Bunut Kisaran, Kisaran,
Asahan 21211, North Sumatera – INDONESIA
Tel: (62 623) 42501, 41884
Fax: (62 623) 42451
Email: bakrieri@indosat.net.id

PT. PERKEBUNAN NUSANTARA III (State-owned Company)
Address:
Jl. Sei Batanghari No. 2,
Medan 20122, North Sumatera - INDONESIA
Tel: (62 61) 8452244, 8455775, 8453100
Fax: (62 61) 8455177, 8454728
Website: www.ptpn3.co.id
Email: ptpn3@indosat.net.id

PT. SWASTHI PARAMA MULYA
Address:
Desa Ganda Mekar Km. 24, Cibitung
Bekasi 17520 - INDONESIA
Tel: (62 21) 88321318
Fax: (62 21) 88320008, 88320910

LIST OF LUBRICATING OIL PRODUCER IN INDONESIA

1. PERTAMINA
Start operations: 1956
Status: State-owned company
Factory location: Jakarta, Surbaya, Cilacap
Brands: Mesran, Prima XP, Mediteran SX, Rored EPA, Fastron
Production capacity: 280,000; 90,000; and 135,000 kiloliters/years

2. PT DIRGA BUANA SARANA
Start operations: 1989
Status: Local investment
Factory location: Jakarta
Brands: Union 76, Valvoline
Production capacity: 24,000 kiloliters/years

3. PT WIRASWASTA GEMILANG INDONESIA
Start operations: 1996
Status: Local investment
Factory location: Bekasi
Brands: Evalube, Penzoil
Production capacity: 120,000 kiloliters/years

4. PT AGIP LUBRINDO PRATAMA
Start operations: 1998
Status: Local investment
Factory location: Pasuruan
Brands: Agip
Production capacity: 40,000 kiloliters/years

5. PT NUSARAYA PUTRAMANDIRI
Start operations: 2001
Status: Local investment
Factory Cilegon, Banten
Brands: Penlube
Production capacity: 83,333 kiloliters/years

6. PT CASTROL INDONESIA
Start operations: 1998
Status: Foreign investment
Factory location: Merak, Banten
Brands: Castrol
Production capacity: 26,666 kiloliters/years

SINGAPORE COMMITTED TO STRENGTHENING DEFENSE COOPERATION WITH RI

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Singapore is committed to strengthening defense cooperation with Indonesia through the Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) to be further discussed by the two neighbors at the end of August 2006.

The purpose of the defense cooperation between the two countries is to build stronger mutually beneficial partnership, Singapore`s Defense Minister Teo Chee Hean said here Tuesday after meeting with his Indonesian counterpart, Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono.

The different interpretation of several points in the discussion on the defense cooperation between the two countries is common in efforts to foster understanding aimed at developing cooperation and partnership mutually beneficial to both sides, he explained.

Giving an example, he pointed out that the Indonesian Air Force and Singapore`s Air Force have long engaged in cooperation in promoting their capabilities on the basis of mutual trust and mutual benefit.

What already achieved by the two air forces in the defense cooperation indicates that two military bodies can work together and become friends to each other, according to Hean.

More over, Indonesia and Singapore have long exchanged their military officers to share their experiences, he said, adding that the core of the defense cooperation is very close and strong interaction between the Armed Forces as well as people of the two countries, which can be further promote in the future.

Thus, different interpretation is not an important impediment in strengthening the future defense cooperation based on understanding and mutual benefit between the two countries, he revealed.

As part of the effort to strengthen defense cooperation, Indonesia and Singapore have carried out joint military exercises in the Military Training Area (MTA) since 2000. The two countries have agreed to launch joint military exercises in MTA I in Tanjung Pinang waters and MTA II in the South China Sea.

However, Indonesia has noticed that Singapore has frequently violated Indonesian sovereignty during the joint military exercise, including the involvement of the third parties such as the United States and Australia.

Indications that Singapore has often committed violations have caused Indonesia to make a unilateral decision to stop the use of MTA facilities in 2003. To resume defense cooperation between the two countries, Singapore`s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has forwarded a DCA concept to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in Bali in 2005.

Indonesia has accepted the concept, which includes the use of MTA in the enclosure. But up to fourth round of the meeting on resumption of the defense cooperation, the two countries have not reached agreement.

Minister Juwono Sudarsono disclosed that the factor hampering the talks to reach agreement is different interpretation of six matters, including the period of the bilateral defense cooperation, the involvement of the third parties, the settlement of disputes, and Indonesia`s acknowledgement of Singapore`s traditional right in the South China Sea.

The two countries have agreed to continue the bilateral talks at the end of August and the beginning of September 2006 in Indonesia to seek solution to the difference, according to Juwono.(*