Indonesia’s investment in the marine and fisheries sector in 2021 had reached Rp6.02 trillion (US$419 million), Marine Affairs and Fisheries Minister Sakti Wahyu Trenggono stated.
“Investment in marine and fisheries in 2021, based on the data of BKPM (Investment Coordinating Board) and OJK (Financial Service Authority) as of September 2021, has reached Rp4.39 trillion. Until December 2021, the amount is expected to reach Rp6.02 trillion,” Trenggono noted during a working meeting with the House of Representatives’ Commission IV here on Wednesday.
The investors came from Singapore, Switzerland, India, Japan, and China, among others, for investment chiefly in East Java, West Java, Central Java, Jakarta, and Lampung.
Meanwhile, fishery production in 2021 had reached 24.480 million tons, the highest in seven years. In 2015, production was recorded at 22.311 million tons.
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