Head of BSKJI of the Ministry of Industry Doddy Rahardi stated that his side already has a work unit for the Center for Standardization and Cellulose Industry Services (BBSPJI Cellulose) whose task is to support increasing industrial competitiveness, including the cellulose processing industry.
"Pulp and paper are conventional products from the cellulose processing industry. Apart from that, products, such as personal care equipment, vehicle parts, medicines, construction materials, and electronics also contain cellulose and its derivatives. Hence, there is still a lot of potential to be developed," Rahardi noted in a statement in Jakarta, Friday.
Cellulose is also a future sustainable plastic owing to its nature to form biocomposites with thermoplastics. The government encourages the use of composites to create strong yet sustainable products.
According to Rahardi, currently, in fabrication technology, recycling and expanding opportunities for the use of end products had given the cellulose industry market a boost.
"Thus, in the coming years, the application of cellulose will increase with end-use industries that will be able to substitute petroleum-based products with sustainable sources for raw materials or known as biorefinery. These products are able to minimize waste, optimize raw materials, and maximize profits from biomass itself,” Rahardi remarked.
To expand the application of cellulose, BBSPJI Cellulose of the Ministry of Industry also held an Industrial Business Meeting titled "The Role of BBSPJI Services in Increasing National Industry Competitiveness" on Tuesday (June 27).
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Head of BBSPJI Cellulose of the Ministry of Industry Hendra Yetty stated that this activity was expected to serve as a means of communication with industry associations, industrial companies, and users of other technical services in the development of services by the Ministry of Industry's Cellulose BBSPJI.
"In supporting industrial competitiveness, BBSPJI Cellulose provides industrial services, such as testing, calibration, Indonesian National Standard (SNI) certification, green industry certification, recycle content verification (inspection) for export purposes, consulting, optimizing technology utilization, and expected technical assistance that hopefully become a solution to solving the problems of the cellulose industry," Yetty remarked.
Currently, the Greenhouse Gas Verification/Validation Agency (LVV GRK), Halal Assurance Agency (LPH), and TKDN Verification Agency are being formed.
BBSPJI Cellulose also provides consultancy services and technical assistance, as well as optimizes the utilization of industrial technology.
According to records of the Ministry of Industry, at the end of the first quarter of 2023, the paper and paper goods industry had shown good performance, with an export value of US$768.38 million, an increase of 11.17 percent as compared to the same period in 2022.
Meanwhile, imports fell in value by 4.01 percent as compared to the same period in 2022.
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