Jakarta
(ANTARA News) - Two Japanese companies are ready to relocate their plants from
Thailand to Indonesia because of protracted flooding in the former, an official
said.
"Because
of the floods we have received a request from Japanese automotive and
electronic manufacturers to relocate their plants from Thailand to
Indonesia," the deputy for industry and trade to the coordinating minister
for economic affairs, Edy Putra Irawady said here on Tuesday.
Edy said at
least four companies, three of them from Japan and one from Europe, intended to
relocate their plants to Indonesia.
The
companies were automotive and electronic manufacturers which were currently
operating in Thailand, he said.
"Two
of the four companies are really new investors, while two others intend to
relocate their plants and they are Japanese companies," he said.
But the
companies had yet to file a formal request to the Indonesian government, he
said.
"They
phoned us to ask what incentives the Indonesian government can give to them if
they relocate their plants here. For instance, will they receive tax holiday or
not?," he said.
But Edy
stopped short of revealing the names of the Japanese companies.
Asked
whether they were large-scale automotive and electronic manufacturers such as
Honda and Nissan, he said they were in the same class as the two Japanese
companies.
He said two
automotive companies which intended to expand their investment in Indonesia
were Toyota and Mercedes Benz. Toyota planned to raise its investment by Rp7
trillion next year.
"They
will make Indonesia their production base for their exports," he said.
Editor:
Suryanto
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