Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Ministry of Industry is targeting to include as many as two million products made by small and medium industries (SMIs) into the government’s e-catalog in 2023.

The e-catalog is managed by the Government Goods and Services Procurement Policy Agency (LKPP).

“In essence, we are encouraging as many small and medium industries products as possible to enter the e-catalog. We are targeting 2 million products in 2023,” Industry Minister Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita informed here on Monday.

To reach the target, he has issued the Industry Minister Regulation Number 46 of 2022 concerning provisions and procedures for calculating the domestic component level (TKDN) values for small industries.

With the issuance of the regulation, small industries can self-assess the TKDN in their products to get a TKDN certificate, which is one of the requirements for including the products of small industries in the e-catalog.

“Everything is carried out online through the National Industry Information System (SIINas). It is mandated that after filling the SIINas, the TKDN certificate will be issued in five days at the latest,” he said.

The minister emphasized that all the processes for proposing TKDN certificates for small industries are free of charge.

He then appealed to all Industry Office heads to provide guidance to SMIs in their respective regions to help them make the most of the policy.

The effort is aimed at anticipating the global economic slowdown forecast for next year.

"The global market will be ‘sluggish’; the only way is to strengthen the domestic market. Do not let the domestic market be used by imported products," he said.

Earlier, Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Minister Teten Masduki informed that at least 40,473 micro and small enterprises with 763,385 products have been included in the e-catalog of LKPP.

Meanwhile, the total number of products featured in the e-catalog has reached 2.3 million.

Masduki emphasized that his ministry has continued to make efforts to encourage micro, small, and medium enterprise (MSME) players to register their products in the e-catalog.

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