The ministry's Acting Director General of Chemical, Pharmaceutical, and Textile Industries, Reni Yanita, made the statement in Jakarta on Thursday.
Citing data from the second quarter of 2024, Yanita stated that manufacturing industries contributed significantly to the national economy, namely 16.7 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP).
In addition, during the corresponding period, the national manufacturing exports contributed 73.27 percent to the total sales transactions of US$125.08 billion.
"It is recorded that in the second quarter of 2024, there was a surplus in export trade balance higher than import, namely US$9.48 billion. Apart from that, as of February 2024, industries have absorbed 18.82 million workforce," she remarked.
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Furthermore, she noted that the national industrial gas production capacity currently reaches 2.5 million tons, which is able to meet the needs of domestic industries that only reach 1.4 million tons per year.
Yanita explained that the production capacity comprises oxygen production of 658 thousand tons per year, nitrogen production of 1.2 million tons annually, carbon dioxide production of 653 thousand tons yearly, and hydrogen production of four thousand per year.
It also includes the production of noble gas and others that reaches 48 thousand tons per year.
To this end, the Ministry of Industry lauded players in the industrial gas sector for having carried out their role optimally in supporting and advancing the domestic manufacturing industries.
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