INDUSTRY.co.id - Jakarta, the Decline of public purchasing power has an impact on the slowing of industrial sector. Based on data from BPS, in the second quarter of 2017, the types of industries that experienced a decline in production were other processing industries which fell 10.53%, the beverage industry fell 8.26%, and repair and installation services of machinery and equipment decreased by 7.57 %.

"Almost all industrial developing countries are down in the second quarter of 2017, this is what we call Global Head Wind." Compared to China and Brazil, Indonesia is still decreasing compared to them, "said Minister of Industry, Airlangga Hartarto at Kemenperin office, Jakarta, Thursday (3/8/2017).

With Global Head Win, he said, we should worry, because our products are partly export or supporting industries in China. "If China is deeper, this can reduce demand, this is what we need to pay attention to," he explained.

In anticipation, Airlangga hopes the global economy will recover soon. "If from ASEAN, I see like Vietnam and Malaysia the growth is quite good, but Vietnam and Malaysia market is not too big, so that is used for Indonesia only certain industries such as electronics and automotive," he added.

According to Airlangga, diversification becomes one of the most important to raise the industrial sector. "In addition, of course how we encourage people's purchasing power to increase," he concluded.

Based on BPS data, in the second quarter of 2017, the metal goods industry, not the machinery and equipment, recorded the highest production growth of 10.86%, followed by the pharmaceutical industry, chemical and traditional medicine products by 9.21%, and chemicals and goods industries Of chemicals of 8.98%.