RI will import cement<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia plans to import 800,000 tons of cement
\nnext year because demand is expected to grow by 15 percent to
\n27.9 million tons while total domestic production is only 27.2
\nmillion tons, the chairman of the Indonesian Cement Association,
\nSoeparjo, said yesterday.<\/p>\n
Soeparjo, who is also the personnel director of PT Indocement
\nTunggal Prakarsa, Indonesia's largest cement manufacturer, said
\nIndonesia currently has a total capacity of 27.1 million tons a
\nyear.<\/p>\n
\"We will import from 800,000 tons to 1.1 million tons next
\nyear,\" he was quoted by Antara as saying in Citeurup, West Java.<\/p>\n
He added that three domestic cement producers will build new
\nplants. PT Semen Gresik in East Java will increase its capacity
\nby 2.3 million tons, PT Semen Tonasa in South Sulawesi by 2.3
\nmillion tons and Indocement in West Java by 1.3 million tons.<\/p>\n
\"But the expansion projects will be realized only later next
\nyear. So, Indonesia will still suffer a cement deficit,\" he said.<\/p>\n
He said Indocement, which has an annual capacity of 9.4
\nmillion tons, plans to import 350,000 tons of cement next year.<\/p>\n
Indocement, a member of the Salim Group controlled by tycoon
\nLiem Sioe Liong is the country's largest cement producer,
\nfollowed by the state company PT Semen Gresik with an annual
\ncapacity of 8.9 million tons and PT Semen Cibinong with three
\nmillion tons.<\/p>\n
The three companies, which are listed on the Jakarta Stock
\nExchange, account for 74 percent of the Indonesia's total cement
\nproduction.(04)<\/p>",
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