REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, MANILA -- Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) planned to promote some of leading sectors, namely maritime and logistic sectors, in Summit Meeting of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in Manila. It was because issue of connectivity had always been a central discussion in APEC Summit.
"Two main sectors are maritime and logistic sectors. We are also preparing information on other sectors such as tourism, metal industry, cattle and special economic zones," said Head of BKPM, Franky Sibarani, in a statement on Tuesday (17/11).
According to Franky, actual foreign direct investment (FDI) in logistics sector in the last five years was amounted to 2.19 billion US dollars and the investment plan reached 3.6 billion US dollars. The realization trend was quite positive, so BKPM sought to continue to encourage investment plans in order to be realized.
Meanwhile, the realization of investments for maritime sector in January to September 2015 increased by 28.6 percent to Rp 22.5 trillion, compared to the same period the previous year.
"Some APEC members have capability in logistics and maritime sectors, such as the United States, Australia, Singapore, Japan and South Korea, which is expected to be improved its investments," Franky explained.
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