Gas Cylinder Manufacturers Complain about Pertamina
\nTuesday, 17 October, 2006 | 16:00 WIB<\/p>\n
TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: The Indonesian Gas Cylinder Manufacturers Association (Asitab) will complain to Vice President Jusuf Kalla because Pertamina will import gas tubes for the conversion of kerosene to gas.<\/p>\n
According to Asitab, in addition to future losses, Pertamina\u2019s tender delay will cause the lack of 800,000 tubes. \u201cWe will report this to the kerosene conversion program coordinator, the Vice President,\u201d said Rjiptadi, Asitab\u2019s General Chairman.<\/p>\n
Tjiptadi said, due to the Pertamina\u2019s tender delay, the steel order to PT Krakatau Steel is also delayed. \u201cWithin one and a half months, it\u2019s impossible for us to complete the 800,000 tubes order,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Minister of Industry Fahmi Idris accused Pertamina of delaying the tube procurement tender. The result is domestic producers cannot fulfill the order by the end of this year. He is of the opinion that this becomes justification for tube imports from China.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wrote a letter asking that they carry out the tender for domestic producers, but there was no response. As soon as I reported this to the media, they responded. It was delayed, and it\u2019s because of Pertamina,\u201d said Fahmi last weekend.<\/p>\n
Pertamina and Asitab, said Tjiptadi, are still negotiating. Pertamina is offering the low price. \u201cIn the meeting on Friday, Pertamina was still at around Rp70,000. We accepted at the price between Rp80,000 and Rp90,000. So far we are still negotiating,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
There has been concern that national bamboo tube producers will suffer a large loss if imports are carried out. According to Tjiptadi, currently there is an additional investment of Rp15 billion to Rp20 billion, especially from new producers.<\/p>\n
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