INDONESIAN TEXTILE PRODUCERS FEAR INCREASE IN ELECTRICITY BILLS
May 10th, 2014
Increasing power tariffs in Indonesia could force textile and garment manufacturers to double their raw material imports, according to Ade Sudrajat Usman, chairman of the Indonesian Textiles Association (API).The API chair told just-style that electricity consumption already constitutes 15% to 20% of production costs for textile manufacturers in the country. And that new power bill increases of up to 64.7% - which began to take effect as of May 1 - will be a significant blow.Fabric production especially is an electricity-intensive process and Ade said garment ...
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