High Cost In Indonesia (Tulisan Softskill)

Implementation of the ASEAN - China Free Trade Area (ACFTA) can be regarded as an opportunity for the domestic industry to expand into China and Southeast Asia markets. However, this argument is questionable because in reality the competitiveness of Indonesian domestic industry is still relatively lower when compared with China and ASEAN member countries another. Based on the analysis of the Ministry of Industry, the competitiveness of industrial products and manufacturing Indonesia to ASEAN countries only 15% who have a strong competitive edge and nearly 60% of the products have weak competitiveness. Another case against China, the competitiveness of Indonesian products that are strong only 7%, remaining competitive are 29% and 55% weaker. [I]


So, what exactly is the cause of the low competitiveness of Indonesia when compared to China. Mari Elka Pangestu, Minister of Trade, Republic of Indonesia, in an interview has said that competitiveness or competitiveness is determined by many factors, including external and internal factors. [Ii] own external factors closely related to competitiveness and comparative advantages of other countries that became Indonesian competitors. For example, X products made in China that have very cheap prices and huge production scale is difficult to rivaled by Indonesia, making Indonesia the low competitiveness of the product X when compared with China. In addition to external factors, there are also internal factors that determine the competitiveness of the product, especially with regard to domestic factors, including human resources / employment, investment, production costs, and technology. These internal factors that require improvement and repair via a comprehensive government policy.

Low competitiveness of Indonesian products in international trade, which are influenced by internal factors of the domestic economy can be attributed to the high cost or high cost economy that still exist in the national economy. There are several aspects that lead to high cost economy in Indonesia, among other labor problems, problems of credit interest rate / high borrowing costs, bureaucracy / politics is not the least costly, and infrastructure issues



Labor Issues

Problems of labor / labor is one of the causes of high cost economy in Indonesia. This also led to the competitiveness of Indonesian children's products made ​​it difficult to compete with similar products made ​​in China. Widjanarko Tjokroadosumarto, Toys Indonesian Employers Association chairman (APMI) revealed differences in the treatment of the workers there, which led to the high cost economy. Workers in China earn better facilities than workers in Indonesia. [Iii] Despite only receiving a salary of $ 100, laborers in China generally do not need to rent a house because the local government worker who rented bungalow is available at a cheap price. Another case with workers in Indonesia are 30% of the salary used for the cost of the contract.



Bureaucratic problems

Bureaucracy problem is aggravated by mental corrupt government officials. To ensure the smooth running of the business and the ease of taking care of licensing, entrepreneurs often have to give bribes to the officials concerned. Given the amount of kickbacks was not a little amount so that the total cost to be incurred to run a business entrepreneur is getting bloated.



 Interest Rate Credit Problems

Unlike the interest rate in China is relatively low in order to support the growth of their industry, mortgage interest rates are still high in Indonesia. This has implications for the interest rate on the higher costs of loan that must be borne by the company to obtain financing.

Infrastructure problems

Infrastructure problems in Indonesia is not optimal quality of road infrastructure, as there are many. lane roads damaged in the economy, limited access of the center - the central area of production to marketing, as well as to urban outlets and the existing highway is not optimal support regional development. Declining quality of existing road infrastructure in economic lines, especially in the East Cross northern coast of Java and Sumatra, which caused excessive charge and dimensions, as well as limited maintenance funds. This resulted in vehicle operating costs and the costs of moving goods become expensive and competitive levels decreased.

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