BPOM Socialises 2026 Economic Census to Build Accurate Data-Driven Policies
The Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM) has issued a circular to socialise the 2026 Economic Census (SE 2026) among business operators, supporting efforts to formulate more accurate, data-driven national economic development policies.
“Quality data is a crucial foundation for formulating development policies, including the development of the pharmaceutical, food, cosmetics, and health product sectors,” said BPOM Head Taruna Ikrar in Jakarta on Friday.
He explained that a key strategic achievement of the collaboration between BPOM and the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) is the successful integration of data through BPOM’s Satu Data Portal into the BPS Statistical Business Register. As of May 2026, a total of 364,581 business records have been transferred, comprising 177,349 marketing authorisation holders, 3,271 pharmaceutical wholesalers, and 183,961 home industry businesses. This data serves as an important foundation for strengthening the national business database and supporting the quality of SE 2026 results.
On the same occasion, BPS Head Amalia Adininggar Widyasanti expressed appreciation for BPOM’s support since the beginning of SE 2026 implementation. The various forms of collaboration have successfully broadened the reach of census socialisation to business operators in the pharmaceutical, food, cosmetics, and other health product sectors.
According to Amalia, BPOM’s involvement has been a significant factor in raising awareness among business operators to participate in the 2026 Economic Census. “Every piece of data provided by business operators will become the basis for formulating more targeted development policies. Therefore, we urge all business operators under BPOM’s guidance to actively participate and provide accurate data in the 2026 Economic Census,” she said.
During their meeting, the two agency heads also discussed various challenges in conducting the census, particularly in encouraging large companies to independently complete the data submission. Amalia noted that the data collection process for large companies has entered the invitation distribution phase via email and text messages since June 2026. Companies that have not yet completed independent data submission will be visited directly by census officers.
Moving forward, BPS will monitor the completion of independent data submission by BPOM-supervised companies through the BPS Collaboration Communication Data Dashboard during the June–July 2026 period. In this process, BPS also hopes to receive input from BPOM regarding communication strategies and business operator monitoring, based on BPOM’s experience in conducting various surveys and providing services to industry.