Coop Minister states 34,000 KDKMP cooperatives building physical outlets, 2,500 already completed

Surabaya (ANTARA) - Minister of Cooperatives Ferry Juliantono stated that 34,000 Koperasi Desa/Kelurahan Merah Putih (KDKMP) cooperatives in Indonesia are building physical outlets, with 2,500 of them having completed the construction process 100 percent. “At present, 34,000 physical buildings including warehouses, outlets, and equipment have been constructed across Indonesia, with 2,500 physical buildings already 100 percent complete,” the Minister said in a statement in Surabaya, East Java, on Sunday. Ferry mentioned that these 34,000 KDKMP cooperatives are part of a total of around 83,000 KDKMP cooperatives nationwide that have been established and possess legal status or cooperative deeds. He explained that obtaining a cooperative deed is not an easy step for a KDKMP, as it requires going through a special village deliberation mechanism. “So all villages and urban villages hold meetings to form the legal entity of the KDKMP,” he said. After obtaining the cooperative deed or legal status—a process that began in June 2025, according to Ferry—the next step is to build the physical facilities for the KDKMP. He stated that through Presidential Instruction No. 17 of 2025, the Ministry of Cooperatives has tasked PT Agrinas Pangan Nusantara (Persero) with constructing the physical facilities, outlets, and equipment for the KDKMP, with assistance from the TNI. Ferry also targets that by August and September 2026, there will be 10,000 KDKMP cooperatives that have completed their physical construction processes. “Insha Allah, gradually by August and September there will be another 10,000 completed, and so on,” he said. In the future, he added, the KDKMP cooperatives in every village and urban village will sell and serve as outlets for basic foodstuffs, including subsidised goods, essential commodities, and daily necessities. In addition, the KDKMP will function as medicine outlets and village clinics, as well as venues for microfinance institution activities, warehousing, and logistics operations. “However, beyond what I have mentioned, each KDKMP can carry out business or entrepreneurial activities according to the potential and needs of the village and urban village,” said Ferry.