The food and beverage (F&B) industry is a vital sector for the national economy. In 2016, the F&B sector's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) reached Rp 586.5 trillion, or 6.2% of the total national GDP of Rp 9,433 trillion.
Furthermore, the F&B sector consistently grows faster than the national GDP. In the third quarter of 2017, the food and beverage sub-sector's GDP grew by 9.46% (YoY) to Rp 166.7 trillion, while the Indonesian economy grew by only 5.06%.
Throughout the first three quarters of 2017, this F&B sub-sector contributed 33.78% to the processing sector's GDP of Rp 1,406 trillion and also contributed 6.42% to the national GDP of Rp 7,402 trillion.
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