Agrinex International Expo 2009

13-15 March 2009, Jakarta

Introduction

Since centuries ago, Indonesia has been well-known as a rich agrarian country which came to the idiom of ‘gemah ripah loh jinawi’ in Javanese means ‘the rich, fertile, and prosperous land’ due to its fertile soil and vast unexplored marine sources. Unfortunately, since this past 20 years, the attractively of farmer has been transferred to urban society caused by the large expansion of industrialism in Indonesia since 1997 with the rapid growth of foreign investment especially in the big cities. The strong attraction or metropolitan city has made the great urbanization. In the mind of villagers, working as an industrial labour is more promising for their future than being a farmer in the village. In fact, with high living cost in the city made it contrary, and caused them tempted to do such deviated action and raise more poverty.

With the increase of minimum regional wages, the increase domestic price of petrol equal to international price since not subsidized by government, and the wide open of international investment, currently, Indonesia is not the main target for foreign investment. Therefore, Indonesia has to hold the unprecedented speed of urbanization and should increase the average income in all provinces, in the same time decrease the criminality level in big cities by enforcing the rural society through the fasten of agriculture processing and production growth as what other countries such as China, Vietnam and Thailand have done.

Background

• The needs of continual campaign to develop the society paradigm about Indonesian agriculture
• Lack of agriculture promotion media which represent the improvement of agriculture image
• There is a big opportunity for Indonesia as an agriculture country and rich in natural resources to be independent in food stock and energy Objectives
• Growth of new Indonesian agriculture paradigm from Agrinex expo
• To provide promotion media for Indonesian agriculture in prestigious place
• Mutual solution for the nation’s agriculture problems
• Make agriculture as national development platform

Concept

Agro based expo in prestigious place which participated by state own enterprises, national and international entrepreneur from all agro business related sector
Visitor Facilities:
1. Business Center with internet access
2. Bus Shuttle
3. Hotel
4. Snack bar
5. Parking Area
6. Prayer Room
7. Security

Strategy

To organize multi event at the same time and the same place with unique setting where participants and visitors could interact and develop a win-win business solution and besides, to increase people appreciation to the various effort of developing new Indonesian agriculture paradigm

Supported Event

• Symposium
• Talkshow
• Competition with regards to agriculture
• Business Gathering
• Agrinex TV Circle
• Agrinex Update in national media
• Demo
• Game & Quiz

Date and Venue

13th - 15thMarch 2009
Hall A and Cendrawasih Room, Jakarta Convention Center (JCC)
Jl. Jend. Gatot Subroto, Jakarta 10270

Promotion and Publications

• Press conference and press release
• Advertisements on printing media, radio and television
• Leaflet, Brochures, Invitation, Flier, Id card, Certificate, Sticker, Poster & directory book
• 500 Banner and 1000 Street Bannet
• 3 Backdrop stage event
• 2 wellcome gate
• 2 entrance gate
• Floor plan billboard
• Visitor’s Ticket
• Etc.

Exhibitors (Agribusiness and Agro Industry Related)

1. Seeding Company
2. Consulting Company
3. Pesticide Company
4. Farm Field, Breed Animals and Fishery Companies
5. Manufacturing Company
6. Distributor Company
7. Exporter Company
8. Importer Company
9. Packaging Company
10. Hypermarket Company

Booth Prices (standard booth 3 x 3m)

- Multinational & State Enterprises Government : IDR 3,000,000/ sqm
- Small Medium Enterprises : IDR 2,000,000/ sqm
- NGO, R&D, University : IDR 1,500,000/ sqm

Exhibitor facilities

- White partitions
- Needle-punch carpet covered
- Fascia board of company name
- 1 unit reception desk
- 2 units of folding chairs
- 2 units of flourscent light @ 40watt
- 1 unit of waste papper basket

Contact us for “Agrinex Expo 2009”

PERFORMAX

(PT. Puteri Cahaya Kharisma)
Jl. Ampera Raya No.19A Jakarta 12560, Indonesia
Phone : (02-21) 782 0523
e-mail : performax@cbn.net.id
website : www.performax-eo.com

IPB
(Bogor Agricultural University)
Gd. Rektorat IB Lt.2
Kampus Dermaga IPB, Bogor 16680, Indonesia
Phone : (02-251) 624 6092
e-mail : collaboration@indo.net.id

BPP HIPMI
(Indonesian Young Entrepreneurs Association)
Jl. Raya Pasar Minggu No.1A
Pancoran, Jakarta, Indonesia
Phone : (02-21) 797 6220
e-mail : bpp_hipmi@yahoo.com

DEPARTEMEN PERTANIAN REPUBLIK INDONESIA
(Indonesia Ministry of Agriculture)
Jl. Harsono RM. 3 Gedung A Lt.2
Jakarta Selatan, Indonesia
Phone : (02-21) 780 4265-6
Fax : (02-21) 780 4106

DEKOPIN
(Dewan Koperasi Indonesia)
Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav. 24
Jakarta 12920, Indonesia
Phone : (02-21) 520 6525
Fax : (02-21) 520 6523

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Fieldtrip THLTBPP Kabupaten Tulungagung

THL TBPP Kabupaten Tulungagung melaksanakan fieldtrip di Desa Sendang Kecamatan Sendang Kabupaten Tulungagung yang bertujuan untuk membangun kekompakan dan menambah pengalaman kerja di lapangan.
Acara yang diikuti 51 orang dari 19 kecamatan yang ada di Tulungagung tersebut, merupakan agenda rutin setiap bulan dengan sistem bergilir di masing-masing kecamatan. Selain untuk koordinasi berbagai permasalahan yang muncul, momentum ini juga dijadikan ajang transformasi ilmu pengetahuan dan teknologi. Karena di setiap tempat yang dikunjungi selalu dimanfaatkan untuk menggali potensi yang ada, dengan harapan bisa di bawa di wilayah kerja masing-masing.

Tujuan pertama rombongan adalah di Koperasi Tani “Jasa Tirta”. Koperasi yang berdiri 29 April 1999 itu, merupakan salah satu wujud maha karya dari kelompok tani yang ada di Desa Sendang Kecamatan Sendang. Dengan modal utama semangat kerukunan antar anggota dan transparansi kepada anggota, koperasi ini masih berdiri dan tetap eksis, demikian keterangan Bapak Sadat selaku Ketua Koptan mengawali cerita sejarah koptan sejak awal berdiri hingga berbagai kegiatan usaha yang dijalankan.
Memang tidaklah semulus yang dibayangkan, berangkat dengan anggota 45 orang dan 3 orang sebagai pengurus. Sampai bulan Desember 1999 Koptan Jasa Tirta belum aktif menyelenggarakan kegiatan usaha. Dana awal yang terkumpul Rp. 1.250.000,00 habis untuk mengurus ijin usaha, badan hukum, membuat papan nama dan kelengkapan administrasi organisasi
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Hingga saat ini ada beberapa unit usaha yang dikembangkan diantaranya unit toko sembako, unit pengolahan pupuk organik, unit simpan pinjam, unit pembuatan pakan ternak, dan unit pemancar radio. Koptan juga memiliki sarana dan prasarana usaha, diantaranya 2 unit angkutan besar untuk mengirim susu ke Jakarta dan 4 unit angkutan kecil untuk mengambil dan mengumpulkan susu sapi dari peternak.
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Indonesia aktif dalam Minato Matsuri di Kesennuma

Pada tanggal 2-3 Agustus 2008 di Kesennamu sebuah kota pelabuhan perikanan di Prefektur Miyagi telah diselenggarakan Minato Matsuri. Festival ini merupakan penghargaan terhadap nelayan yang telah bekerja sepanjang tahun mempersembahkan hasil laut sebagai makanan yang lezat untuk memenuhi kebutuhan masyarakat setempat.

Semua lapisan masyarakt terlibat dalam acara ini dari anak-anak hingga kakek-nenek, anak sekolah, guru, pegawai swasta, pegawai negeri, semua menyatu kompak mengungkapkan ucapan terimakasih atas jerih-payah nelayan dalam suatu acara yang disebut Minato Matsuri.

Event besar pada kesempatan ini dimanfaatkan KBRI Tokyo untuk turut serta dalam acara ini dalam memeriahkan acara peringatan hubungan persahabatan Indonesia-Jepang yang ke 50 tahun.

Masyarakat Indonesia bekerjasama dengan masyarakat setempat membuat Parade Bali yang menampilkan budaya Indonesia dalam satu rangkaian diantara puluhan rangkaian berbagai perwakilan masyarakat Kesennuma. Bapak Dubes Dr. H. Jusuf Anwar, SH., MA. dan Ibu Dubes beserta masyarakat Indonesia yang datang dari Tokyo dan sekitarnya maupun masyarakat yang tinggal di tempat Festival sekitarnya berpartisipasi aktif dalam karnaval yang meriah ini.

Tampak pada gambar adalah suasana Festival. Yang menarik dalam festival ini, banyak masyarakat Kesennuma yang telah mempelajari budaya Bali, mereka berbusana adat Bali dan memperagakan tarian Bali di sepanjang jalan di atas kendaraan arak-arakan budaya Bali. Menurut salah satu tokoh masyarakat setempat ”Kami sudah membuka sanggar tari Bali di Kesennuma”. Jangan heran sebagian besar yang mengenakan pakain adat Bali adalah orang Jepang asli Kesennuma.

Ada satu pelajaran yang bisa diambil dari Minato Matsuri ini. Kita sering mendengar slogan bahwa ”Bangsa yang besar adalah bangsa yang menghargai pahlawan”. Nah .... kita sebagai anggota masyarakat negara agraris dan kepulauan, seyogyanya memiliki slogan bahwa ”Bangsa yang makmur adalah bangsa yang menghargai petani dan nelayannya”. Penghargaan bukan hanya sebatas dalam festival tetapi penghargaan dalam arti yang sesungguhnya. Kita harus memperjuangkan kepentingan profesi petani dan nelayan serta mensejahterakan keluarganya.

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Agricultural investment and trade opportunities in Indonesia (1)

Agribusiness Investment Reform

The investment enviroment provided by Indonesian government is primarily intended to create a more conducive environment for agribusiness development and an incentive for farmer and private enterprises to carry out agricultural activities. Hence, investment by both foreign and domestic investors is aimed at stimulating and encouraging investment in production activities with the direct involvement of farmers and other parties in private sectors.

The primary target of agribusiness investment is increasing production in food crops, horticulture, estate plantation and livestock the investment also plans to create production facilities for inputs like fertilizers and agricultural machinery. It is expected that these investments in processing, distribution and marketing activities, as well as the financial system will accelerate the development of agribusiness in rural area.

During the 2005-2006 periods, total domestic investment in agribusiness was Rp 40,713.1 billion. With largest contribution invested in food industry and estate crop. Due the economic crisis, this number declined to Rp 766 billion in 1998. The domestic agribusiness investment was about Rp 763.3 billion due to the more actable economic and political condition in Indonesia. And in 2006, the number domestic investment was Rp 28,301.7 billion.

Foreign investment trend were decrees, during period 2005-2006 total foreign investment in agribusiness was US$ 3,009.3 billion and average US$ 1,504.7 billion. In 2006, the number foreign investment was US$ 1,904.9 billion. However during 2006 the number of foreign investment was growing as well as the domestic investment.

Investment policies statement

Recognizing, that the importance of private sector investment to achieve sustainable economic growth, employment creation, development of strategic national resources, transfer and implementation of competitive technology and technical skills, export growth and improved balance of payments.

Appreciating, that an appropriate legal framework is prerequisite to promoting a stable, predictable and attractive business environment in order to encourage and support private economic activity Indonesian and foreign investors.

Acknowledging, that an appropriate legal framework for investment must provide certain key principles, among which are: equal treatment of investor in similar circumstances irrespective of nationality; protection against expropriation, confiscation or requisition of investments and unilateral alteration or termination of contracts, freedom to repatriate foreign investment capital and net proceeds there on; and access to impartial, quick and effective mechanisms for the resolution of commercial and other investment disputes.

Cognizant, that these principles have increasingly been adopted as standard international practice and have been incorporated into national legislation in many countries, both regionally and globally, and have been recognized in various international documents, including the GATT/WTO agreements, the APEC Non Binding Investment Principles, and numerous bilateral investment agreements.

Undertake and resolves to reform the investment policies, legislation and regulations of the Republic so as to create and enabling environment for private investment consistent with the above stated principles, to be characterized by active promotion and facilitation of investment, transparent criteria for the admission and establishment of investments, transparency of government procedures and administration, screening and licensing requirements based on a short “negative list” of restricted investment.

The government has therefore established an “Investment Policy Reform Initiative” having as its objective the encouragement and facilitation of private sector investment through reform and implementation of transparent, predictable, market oriented policies applied equally to both foreign and domestic investors. In this the government has recently adopted major policies changes, including liberalizing the rules for foreign investment.

The government is committed to the rapid elimination of the remaining restriction on foreign and local private investment. This statement sets forth newly adopted and current policies of the Government for promoting and facilitating private sector investment in Indonesia. The Government is fully committed to these policies and will take the necessary steps to ensure their effective implementation. This statement will be supplemented by detailed investment guidelines to be issued in the near future. To encourage and facilitate private investment, the government has adopted the following policies.

Freedom to Invest

Investors shall be permitted to invest in any sector of the economy except in small number of activities, which are listed on “negative list”. There shall be no restriction on the size of the investment, the source of funds or whether the product s is destined for export or for the domestic market. Exciting foreign investors may invest in activities other than those initially authorized, except for activities started on “negative list”.

Company Formation

Industrial licenses are still needed based on the principles of fairness, simple, quick and transparent mechanism and procedure. Procedures for company formation are to be administered so as to permit prompt establishment of business enterprises.

Taxes and Duties

The government is committed to enhance the country’s investment climate and international competitiveness by further reducing simplifying taxes and duties through ongoing tax and trade policy reform programs. The current Indonesia tax law provides tax incentive to investor who invests in certain sectors and or certain areas as follows:
-Investment allowances,
-Accelerated depreciation and amortization,
-Expanded loss compensation but not more than 10 years,
-10% tax rate for dividend paid to foreign tax payer, except to prevail tax convention maintaining lower tax rate.

Indonesia always tries to maintain equal treatment in tax law not only for tax cases that have similarities. By giving tax incentive to investors, Indonesia must assure that this incentive granted still reflect the principle of equal treatment and the application of that principle did not depart from the objective of tax incentive.

Availability of to Foreign Exchange

The government will continue to ensure, according to pre-set criteria and procedures that foreign exchange for import transactions and dividend payments is freely available and the Governments is committed to ensuring the ease of repatriation of capital and payments for business services.

Access to Local Funding

The government is considering introducing a simple system that will allow foreign investments access to local funding based on simple established criteria.

Labor Practice

Within the framework of the labor laws of Indonesia, the Government recognizes that enterprises may require foreign expertise. Accordingly, it will continue to make residence permits readily available according to prevailing regulation for key personnel required for employment in such enterprises.

General Infrastructure

The Government recognizes the importance of infrastructure to support investment and is committed to make available adequate infrastructure such as transport, electricity, water, and communications through partnership mechanisms that attract private capital. Adequate legal protection including guarantees for the integrity of contracts will be provided.

Availability of Land

The government is committed to ensure that land for industrial and commercial use is ready available to investors. The Government will receive and simplify all existing land licensing and environmental approval procedures to ensure transparency.
The Government is committed to develop new serviced industrial sites and has provided the necessary framework to enable private investors to develop industrial sites including through arrangements for subleasing to other investors.

Encouragement for small and medium Enterprises

The country’s small and medium scale enterprises hold great potential for rapid economic growth and employment creation. The Government is therefore dedicated to continuing with various programs assists these enterprises, including simplifying the regulatory and policy environment, removing obstacles to securing access to raw materials, removing tax related impediments and improving access to credit.

The Government will promote mutually advantageous, commercially beneficial subcontracting/partnership arrangements between large-scale foreign and local firms and small- and medium-scale business.

Investment Promotion

To further enhance the capacity of the BKPM (Investment Coordinating Board) and to create an integrated investment promotion regime, the Government is actively reviewing proposals for the formation of an independent, public private partnership to promote and facilitate all private investment in Indonesia.

Investment Services

The Government is committed that investment services for foreign and domestic investment in the era of the regional autonomy is more preferable that the current condition. Therefore, a “one stop service” system will be introduced to be implemented in the region.

Investment Protection

The government recognizes that security of assets of investor is of paramount importance. It therefore, assures investors that it will avoid using any measures that will adversely affect their property rights. In the case of foreign investors, the Government has negotiated and concluded several bilateral investment treaties, which provide direct protection to investors for the security of their assets as well as assurances for the repatriation of proceeds from their investments. The Government will actively work to pursue to conclude additional bilateral investment treaties with other countries. Indonesia has also joined the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA).

Double Taxation Relief

To improve economic and trade relationship with other countries, Indonesia would like to have certain law provisions that regulate the right of tax imposed law imposed from each country. The purposes of those provisions are achievement of rule of law, avoiding double taxation, and prevention of tax evasion. Government is entitled to make an agreement with other countries to avoid double taxation and to prevent tax evasion.

The frame work and the matter of this agreement are based on international convention and other rule of laws and also the tax regulation of each country.

Arbitration

The Government recognized that foreign investors must have an appropriate forum to resolve disputes that cannot be settled amicably. While such disputes would normally lie within the jurisdiction of a competent court, parties may agree in certain cases to pursue extra-judicial adjudication and to choose an appropriate forum, including international conciliation or arbitration. To that end, Indonesia has become a member of the International Center for settlement of investment Disputes (ICSID) at Washington DC.


To be continued.

Source: Guide to Agricultural Investment and Trade Opportunities in Indonesia,
Ministry of Agriculture, the Republic of Indonesia

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