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        "id": 1641368,
        "msgid": "labour-intensive-industries-still-require-special-attention-1774770673",
        "date": "2026-03-29 14:01:29",
        "title": "Labour-Intensive Industries Still Require Special Attention",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Economy",
        "summary": "Indonesia's processing industry achieved impressive growth of 5.30% in 2025, driven by sunrise sectors like basic metals and machinery, but labour-intensive sunset industries such as textiles, apparel, wood, and rubber and plastics are lagging, with the latter contracting by 4.07%. The NEXT Indonesia Center highlights the need for special government attention to these sectors, which employ 20.3 million workers or 13.86% of the national workforce, amid declining investment contributions and global supply chain pressures. Policymakers are urged to pursue reindustrialisation strategies focused on revitalising these industries, enhancing workforce skills, and ensuring equitable investment distribution for inclusive and sustainable growth.",
        "content": "<p>These sunset sectors require special attention because they are major\nabsorbers of labour. Their role is being eroded by changes in the global\nsupply chain and production cost competition.<\/p>\n<p>Jakarta (ANTARA) - The research institute NEXT Indonesia Center\nassesses that although Indonesia\u2019s processing industry recorded\nimpressive growth in 2025, labour-intensive sectors still face\nsignificant pressures and require special attention from the\ngovernment.<\/p>\n<p>Executive Director of NEXT Indonesia Center, Christiantoko, in a\npress release in Jakarta on Sunday, highlighted the disparities between\nsubsectors.<\/p>\n<p>He noted the existence of sunrise industries that are growing\nrapidly, such as basic metals and machinery, while sunset industries\nlike textiles, ready-made garments, wood, as well as rubber and plastics\nare falling behind. The rubber and plastics industry even experienced a\ncontraction of 4.07% in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, this situation warrants vigilance because\nlabour-intensive sectors are significant absorbers of employment.<\/p>\n<p>Data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) shows that the total\nnumber of workers in the processing industry sector reached 20.3 million\npeople in August 2025, or contributing 13.86% to the total national\nworkforce. This figure grew by 1.49% compared to the previous year.<\/p>\n<p>From the investment side, realisations in the processing industry\nsector reached Rp780.9 trillion in 2025, up from Rp721.3 trillion in\n2024.<\/p>\n<p>However, the contribution to the total national investment actually\ndeclined from 42.08% in 2024 to 40.44% in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Christiantoko emphasised the need for reindustrialisation policies\ntargeting the revitalisation of labour-intensive sectors, improvement in\nworkforce quality, and equitable distribution of investment so that\nindustrial growth is truly inclusive and sustainable.<\/p>\n<p>BPS recorded that the processing industry grew by 5.30% year-on-year\nin 2025. The basic metals industry became the star performer with growth\nreaching 15.71%, while the machinery and equipment industry recorded\ngrowth of 13.98%.<\/p>\n<p>Other subsectors showing stable performance include the chemical,\npharmaceutical, and traditional medicine industry, as well as the metal\ngoods, electronics, and electrical equipment industry.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/labour-intensive-industries-still-require-special-attention-1774770673",
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