PRESIDENT JOKOWI URGES TO PURCHASE LOCAL PRODUCTS IN BUSINESS MATCHING 2023

The President of the Republic of Indonesia, Joko Widodo reviews PT Pindad’s products after opening the Business Matching Locally Manufactured Product (PDN) activity on Wednesday, 15^th March 2023 in Istora Senayan, Jakarta. The event was also attended by Minister of Industry Agus Gumiwang, Minister of Coordination for Maritime Affairs & Investment (Menkomarves) Luhut Binsar Panjaitan, Minister of General Employment and People’s Housing Basuki Hadimuljono, Deputy Minister of Defense M. Herindra, Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung, National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo, Head of National Public Procurement Agency, Governors, Regents and Mayors throughout Indonesia as well as the Directors of the DEFEND ID entity.

The CEO of PT Pindad Abraham Mose appreciated the 2023 Business Matching activities and conveyed the direction of the President of the Republic of Indonesia to Pindad to include all of the products of Pindad in the National Public Procurement Agency e-catalogue. "Today at the Business Matching event which was attended directly by the President of the Republic of Indonesia, especially for PT Pindad products, he gave directions to immediately include them in the e-catalog. Ammunitions, pistols, operational vehicles and industrial products. Message from the President for access to purchases of course, if the product is in the e-catalog, domestic purchases will be prioritized, so it will be an important point in this Business Matching," said Abraham Mose.

Abraham Mose explains Pindad’s primary products when the Preisdent evaluates the independently made product gallery as well as appreciating the Presidential commitment that pushes the Increased Use of Domestic Production. "The President of the Republic of Indonesia is present for the 5th time at the Business Matching activity, showing that he is very concerned about this, thus encouraging the industry to make import substitution and encourage users to buy domestic products," concluded Abraham Mose.

The President of the Republic of Indonesia, Joko Widodo in his welcoming urges all participants to intensify the purchase of locally manufactured products to remind the country’s economic growth.

“The policy of buying domestic products does not only exist in our own country, rather America and other countries are also doing the same thing, we have been doing it since 2022. In the future, the key is discipline in the implementation, realizing the Increased Use of Domestic Production because this is very strategic in order to boost our economic growth. In the past, only 5 thousand products entered the e-catalog, now there are 3.4 million products in a short time. Ministries, institutions, SOEs, Provincial Government, Regional Government, look at the e-catalog, buy domestic products! Weapons, bullets also prioritize buying domestic products, we can already make them ourselves. Later we will check those who are still buying foreign products and repackaging foreign products using state funds, there will be sanctions," Jokowi states.

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment, Luhut Binsar Panjaitan relayed the portion of SOEs in supporting Increased Use of Domestic Production and in line with the President regarding the reward and punishment for implementing the program. "SOEs was asked to carry out a roadmap for reducing imports and spearheading the development of a domestic import substitution industry. We also recommend in utilizing a reward and punishment system as an effort to mitigate obstacles in implementing Increased Use of Domestic Production," said Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan.

Meanwhile the Minister of Industry, Agus Gumiwang relays stage-5 series of business matching activities. "Business matching stage-5 raised the theme of competitive domestic products for national independence. Business matching had previously been carried out in 4 stages. The Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Industry held the 5th stage which was packaged as a one-stop event including desk business matching, P3DN awards, domestic product exhibition, Increased Use of Domestic Production team communication forum and consultation corner.”

Business Matching Locally Manufactured Product year 2023 was executed by the Ministry of Industry & the Ministry of Defense in March 15^th to 17^th of 2023 to push Increased Use of Domestic Production nationally. This activity was aimed to facilitate the meeting between instance users of locally manufactured products, including Ministries/Institutions, Regional Governments and business entities with domestic industrial business actors.

This activity is also enlivened by domestic exhibitions of PT Pindad’s product, a member of the DEFEND ID pavilion, displaying various workhorse products and their latest innovations. The products displayed by PT Pindad include SS2-V5 A1, SS2-V4 A1, SPR-2, SPR-4, Pistol G2 Combat, G2 Elite, Armo V1, Armo V2, Armo V3, Armo V4, SM5 A1, PM3, ammunition various calibers as well as the latest Anoa 2 Vehicle Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) Variant and Maung.