Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Bank Indonesia noted that the contribution of micro businesses to the economic growth last year reached 33.08 pct from its 52.2 million, or 98.88 pct of the total number of business enterprises in Indonesia.

Credit, BPR and UMKM directorate deputy director Santoso Wibowo said in Jakarta Friday that the contribution of the micro sector to manpower reached 91.03 pct and the contribution to nonoil exports reached 1.51 pct.

From the contribution to economic growth, the contribution of micro businesses in December 2010 was still lower than that of the big business sector with a contribution of 43.5 pct, with a small number of business units namely 4,677 or 0.01 pct of the total number of business companies in Indonesia.

However, while highly contributing to the economic growth and nonoil exports of 82.96 pct, the big business sector only contributed 2.7 percent.

In the meantime, the small business sector contributed 9.96 pct to the economic growth with 546,675 units or 1,04 pct with a contribution to manpower 3.56 pct and to nonoil exports 3.87 pct.

Whereas the middle business sector contributed 13.47 pct to the economic growth with 410,133 units or 0.08 pct, with a contribution to manpower of 2.71 pct and to nonoil exports 11.65 pct.

Santoso said the contribution of big, middle, small and micro businesses to the economy is now already based on the latest definition on UMKM, namely Law No 20/2008 on UMKM.

Santoso added that up to December 2010 the channeling of middle, small and micro credits had reached 112 pct of the MKM credit business plan in 2010 reaching Rp172.9 trillion.

The banks also noted that more MKM credits had been channeled to the sectors of trade, restaurants and hotels (21.5 pct), services (9,2 pct) and industry (5.8 pct). (*)

Editor: Kunto Wibisono
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