"This is also what we are pushing for. The investment has started to come in and construction is currently under way, and by the end of 2026," Roeslani said during a working meeting with House of Representatives Commission XII.
Ministry data shows total realized investment in downstreaming reached Rp584.1 trillion, or around US$34.9 billion, in 2025, up 43.3 percent year on year.
Downstreaming accounted for 30.2 percent of total realized investment in 2025, with plantation and agricultural sectors showing a positive performance trend, according to the data.
Investment in coconut downstreaming contributed Rp144.5 trillion last year, making coconuts one of the more attractive downstreaming commodities after palm oil, logs, rubber, nutmeg, cocoa, and others.
While investment in the sector remains far smaller than minerals, which contributed Rp373.1 trillion last year, Roeslani said plantation and agricultural sectors are able to absorb a significant amount of labor.
"Compared with minerals, the investment value is indeed much smaller, only about US$100 million, but labor absorption reaches around 10,000 workers," said Roeslani, who also serves as CEO of sovereign wealth fund Danantara.
Roeslani said a US$100 million coconut downstreaming investment from China had entered Indonesia in November 2025 and is expected to generate added value, including job creation and product diversification.
He said labor absorption is expected to reach 5,000 workers in the first year and increase to up to 10,000 in the following year, with a wide range of coconut derivative products to be developed.
"This is what we are doing so that the value added stays with us. The added value is created here, and the job creation is also here," he added.
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