12 New Industrial Estates to Be Developed in Central Java

Central Java Provincial Government plans to expand its industrial estates to 12 locations. Deputy Minister of Investment and Downstreaming and Deputy Head of the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) Todotua Pasaribu welcomed the plan to develop new industrial areas.

Todotua said permits for the new estates, spread across Rembang, Demak, Semarang city, Kendal, Batang, Brebes, Cilacap, Banyumas, Kebumen, Semarang regency, Boyolali and Grobogan, would be completed within 30 days at the latest.

“Thirty days at the most. The Governor has submitted the 12 industrial estates, and they are now being processed. They will be completed within 30 days at the latest,” Todotua said on Wednesday (11 November), on the sidelines of a memorandum of understanding signing between the Ministry of Investment and Downstreaming/BKPM and the Central Java Provincial Government, alongside the establishment of an Investment Desk at Gradhika Bhakti Praja Building in Semarang.

The ministry will soon summon the 12 industrial estate operators to clarify details and speed up the completion of permit administration.

He said the development of industrial estates was one of the government’s strategies for attracting investment. As well as providing certainty over land, the estates make it easier to consolidate licensing services for domestic and foreign investors.

Todotua acknowledged that licensing remained a longstanding obstacle to investment, particularly for large-scale, high-risk projects requiring coordination across ministries.

“We are also working to resolve bottlenecks in regional investment plans,” he said.

Central Java is the fourth location to establish an Investment Desk, following Batam, Bali and North Sumatra. Based at the Central Java Investment and One-Stop Integrated Services Office (DPMPTSP), the service will cover the Yogyakarta Special Region and East Java, focusing on investments worth more than Rp1 trillion.