Jakarta –
Toyota currently it can be proud because it has local content up to 70-80 percent in several variants armed with a gasoline or diesel engine. But what about Toyota electric car which will be produced in Indonesia later? What percentage of local content?
Toyota said that when Toyota started producing electric cars in Indonesia, the Japanese car manufacturer guaranteed that it would continue to involve SMEs and domestic supply companies to achieve high local content in each of their electric car units.
“The point is that our trend balance is always positive, what we export is higher than imports. So we support the national economy, in 2020 domestic stagnates (on hold), but our exports have risen first to reach 70 percent, this is assisted by increased growth in other countries. . For example in Arab, VAT increased by 15 percent, but the market is growing. So this helps our export recovery. Our component exports have increased sharply, 2020 may be a bit disrupted but there will be an increase in 2021, “said the Director of Administration, Corporation and External Relations of PT Toyota. Motor Manufacturing Indonesia (TMMIN), Bob Azam.
Regarding TKDN, aka the level of domestic components, continued Bob. Toyota has entered the third phase which has involved from upstream to downstream by involving many local companies.
“TKDN, that we are now entering the third phase, in the upstream sector, among others, aluminum, steel and petrochemicals, plastic ore has been produced in Indonesia, I heard that the government will also encourage investment in petrochemicals, to support localization in the automotive industry. I think industrial localization automotive is already big. So we have entered the advanced phase, basic industry, aluminum, steel and petrochemicals, “said Bob.
In the previous detikOto news, due to last year’s pandemic in May 2020, several factories that did not produce cars at all included Daihatsu, Mitsubishi Motors, Wuling, and BMW. In fact, on a normal day these factories can produce thousands to tens of thousands of cars per month.
Several factories that are still reporting production figures include Toyota 1,357 units, Suzuki 561 units, Hino 254 units, Isuzu 174 units, Mercedes-Benz (passenger cars) 115 units, DFSK 94 units, Honda 52 units, Mercedes-Benz (commercial vehicles). ) 11 units, Hyundai 7 units and Mitsubishi Fuso 2 units.
However, the PT Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indonesia (TMMIN) factory has started operating again since early June 2020 with a production output of around 300 units per day.
Likewise with the Daihatsu factory which started producing cars again on June 3, 2020. Likewise, the Suzuki Indomobil Motor (SIM) factory which has been operating again since May 26, 2020. On average, the factory is operating again to catch up on export orders.
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