Business size measured by different criteria<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Different government agencies define the size of
\na business by different criteria, with the Central Bureau of
\nStatistics using employment numbers and the Ministry of
\nCooperatives and Small Enterprises using asset figures.<\/p>\n
\"The bureau does not collect data on company assets because it
\nwould be difficult and take a lot of time,\" the bureau's deputy
\nchief for planning and statistical analysis, Sri Budianti, was
\nquoted by Antara as saying yesterday.<\/p>\n
She said that the statistics bureau is using its current
\ncensus to collect data on the number of enterprises, their sales
\nturnovers, their fields of operations and geographical locations.<\/p>\n
The census began early this month and is to continue until the
\nend of next month.<\/p>\n
Sri also said that the bureau will collect data on a select
\nnumber of small and medium-scale enterprises next year.<\/p>\n
\"We will gather the data using a sample,\" she added.<\/p>\n
She said the bureau's 1997 census will map out the big
\nbusinesses.<\/p>\n
The criteria used by the cooperatives ministry, which
\nclassifies small businesses on the basis of assets and annual
\nsales turnovers, are stipulated in the new law on small
\nenterprises enacted by President Soeharto early this week.<\/p>\n
The law defines small enterprises as those with assets of no
\nmore than Rp 200 million (US$87,000), excluding buildings and
\nland, and with annual sales turnovers of up to Rp 1 billion.<\/p>\n
The government is committed to promoting 50,000 small
\nenterprises next year in the hope that they will become medium-
\nscale businesses.(kod)<\/p>",
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