Indonesian Textile Officials Say The Country Needs A Large Number Of Textile Professionals.

< p > Indonesian industrial department textile department official said that the textile industry lacks professional personnel training mechanism, and the supply of labor can not meet the development of textile industry under massive investment.

Up to now, there are only three textile schools in China, and textile professionals are still lacking.

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< p > Indonesia now has two private textile universities, one of which is under the Ministry of industry.

High technology is being introduced into the field of textile machinery and equipment. The country needs 1000 professionals to operate these machines.

At the same time, the textile industry needs more than 30 thousand trained textile workers. The government is promoting training programs to improve the labour efficiency of the textile industry. Last year, the government trained 5100 textile workers, so far this year, 2000 people.

These workers have been accepted by the industry.

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At the same time, the textile minister pointed out that at the time of the formation of the ASEAN economic community around 2015, the domestic textile training system will be put forward higher requirements.

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"P > with the strong investment in the textile sector, the demand for technical workers in Indonesia textile industry has begun to rise, said Sutela Chet, President of the Indonesia Textile Association.

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< p > in the first half of this year, < a href= "http://news.sjfzxm.com/news/list.aspx Classid=101112107105" > Indonesia < /a > invested 3 trillion rubles in the purchase of new machinery, which is three times the total investment last year.

Sutela Chet said that in order to meet the growth needs of the textile industry, 300 thousand new workers are needed.

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< p > most of the investment comes from local commercial units.

However, Thailand, Korea and China are also targeting the Indonesia market.

For example, China is preparing to use Indonesia as a base for textile production to meet the growth of domestic demand.

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The textile industry in Indonesia now has the largest number of employees, reaching 1 million 300 thousand people, followed by plastics and footwear industry, employing 700 thousand people and 500 thousand people respectively. < p >

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< p > by the end of this year, the textile industry's < a href= "http://news.sjfzxm.com/news/list.aspx Classid=101112107107" > manpower demand < /a > is expected to reach 1 million 700 thousand people. In order to solve the potential shortage of labor force, some provinces organize training courses and recruit workers.

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< p > the Secretary General of the Indonesia artificial fiber Producers Association said that the rise of cotton prices in the international market does not necessarily increase the prices of derivatives.

For example, if the global cotton price rises by 30%, the price of derivative products will only increase by 15%.

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< p > this year, < a href= "http://news.sjfzxm.com/news/list.aspx Classid=101112107108" > cotton price < /a > up to more than 2 US dollars / pound, although cotton price has declined since then, cotton price this year is estimated to exceed 1.2 dollars / pound of normal.

If cotton prices continue to grow, the sales volume of Indonesia's textile industry may drop from an average of 4.5 kg to 3.9 kg.

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