Government Bans Export of 21 Raw Natural Resource Commodities: Does the Public Agree?
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The Indonesian government will gradually ban the export of 21 raw material commodities from its natural resources until 2040. This is to add value to these commodities.
These commodities include coal, nickel, tin, bauxite, copper, gold, silver, iron and steel, oil, Buton asphalt, palm oil, natural gas, coconut, rubber, biofuel, pine resin, logs, fish, shrimp, crab, seaweed, and salt.
What is public opinion on this matter?
According to a survey by the Kurious-Katadata Insight Center (KIC), the majority, or 61.3% of respondents, agree with the export ban. This breaks down to 40.1% agreeing and 21.2% strongly agreeing.
On the other hand, 27.6% of respondents disagreed with the export ban, comprising 19.1% disagreeing and 8.5% strongly disagreeing. A further 5.7% responded that they did not know.
Previously, the Minister of Investment and Head of the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM), Bahlil Lahadalia, stated that the government had already banned nickel exports since 2020. The export ban will continue this year with bauxite and copper.
Bahlil estimates that the investment needed to develop these raw materials will reach US$545.3 billion or Rp8,298.92 trillion (assuming an exchange rate of Rp15,219/US$). Therefore, he believes that the export ban on these 21 raw material commodities is a step and strategy taken by the government to boost Indonesia's economy.
"So (the export ban) is a path, a strategy, that Indonesia must take to increase per capita income, encourage becoming a better nation, and optimize the available natural resources. This is a national strategy," said Bahlil, as quoted by CNN Indonesia (February 9, 2023).
The Kurious-KIC survey involved 633 respondents across Indonesia, with 45% male and 55% female respondents.
More than half of the respondents were from Java (excluding Jakarta) at 64.04%, followed by respondents from DKI Jakarta (14.2%) and Sumatra (12.3%). The proportion of respondents from Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Bali-Nusa Tenggara, and Maluku-Papua ranged from 0.6% to 3.8%.
Most respondents were aged between 35-44 years (32.7%), followed by the 25-34 age group (30.6%) and the 45-54 age group (21.8%).
Data was collected from July 11-18, 2023, using computer-assisted web interviewing (CAWI), with a margin of error of approximately 3.89% and a confidence level of 95%.
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