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Some producers elektonika world started to show its commitment to make Indonesia its production base. Principals of the world electronics products such as Sanyo, Toshiba, Changhong showed a strong desire to make Indonesia a production base.

“They’ve started, the symptoms considered to be Indonesia’s competitive,” said Minister of Industry, MS Hidayat in the event at the factory visit Toshiba, Cikarang, Monday (1/2/2010.)

Hidayat said that in addition to consideration of competitive labor in the field, Indonesia has a fairly large market. In fact, he said, the purchasing power electronics sector in the domestic market currently experiencing an increase up to 7% per annum despite the shadow of the global crisis some time ago.

“Our workforce easily trained and skilled,” he said.

But Hidayat admitted currently faced by Indonesia is still perseolan infrastructure limitations, which makes the weakening competitiveness of Indonesia in the field of infrastructure with other countries. For example the need to be observed is a matter of high interest rates, the high component of imported raw materials, Pungli, power supplies and others.

“The weakness of our high-cost,” he said.

Currently he said, the number of industries that produce electronic products and components, there are about 235 companies. Growth is expected to reach 10% per annum in the period 2010-2014 with the labor absorption capacity of 150,000 people.