'State firms must cooperate with foreign entities'<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): State-owned plantation firms PT Perkebunan
\nNusantara I to XIV will have to establish alliances with foreign
\npartners in the future if they are to survive international
\ncompetition, an official said yesterday.<\/p>\n
The head of the sugar, molasses and tobacco division of the
\nplantation companies' joint marketing office, Jack Laybahas, said
\nthat the alliances will enable the firms to penetrate the
\ninternational market and expand their distribution networks.<\/p>\n
He said the alliances should be established with companies
\nlocated in export markets as well as with their governments.<\/p>\n
All cooperation, he said, should be aimed at accommodating the
\ntransfer of technology, the development of human resources and
\nmanagerial skills and to expand marketing networks.<\/p>\n
Earlier this year, the government restructured the state
\nplantation firms by merging 26 into 14 entities to boost their
\nefficiency.<\/p>\n
The 14 plantation firms, renamed as PT Perkebunan Nusantara
\nI-XIV, were established with a paid-up capital of between Rp 300
\nbillion (US$130,434) and Rp 1.7 trillion each.<\/p>\n
Laybahas was quoted by a statement issued by the Ministry of
\nAgriculture yesterday as saying that alliances will help increase
\nthe competitive edge of the commodities produced by the
\nplantation firms.<\/p>\n
He pointed out that engaging in partnerships with foreign
\nentities will also help ease many complicated procedures such as
\nlicensing, marketing and the provision of raw-material, labor,
\ntechnical assistance and other local economic resources.<\/p>\n
\"Another advantage is that we can anticipate the negative
\nimpacts of globalization, such as dumping practices and piracy.
\nAlliances will help the partners complement what the others don't
\nhave and change rivalry into cooperation,\" he said.<\/p>\n
The commodities with the potential to be developed under
\npartnership programs are palm oil, rubber, tea, coffee and cacao.<\/p>\n
The transfer of technology for palm oil processing in
\nparticular is now urgently needed, Laybahas added. (pwn)<\/p>",
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