INVESTMENT
Industry and Mining Sector
Manual labor with enough potency that developed by
Blitar regency is cananga oil, coconut sugar, wood
lathe, nuts chips and silver jewelry. From all of
the five kinds of commodities, the ones that can reach
export markets are cananga oil and silver jewelry.
Cananga oil is mostly sold to European countries (France,
England, Germany), America, Japan, Singapore. The
silver jewelry is (bracelets, earrings, rings, necklaces
and brooches) which are mostly marketed to Australia,
New Zealand and Japan.
Small and Light Industry
The existing of light industry, handicrafts and other
home industry are just for local and regional market.
The possibility for developing and promoting to medium
and large scale it’s depend on the role of banking
services.
Heavy Industry in this sector, the prospect of mining
resources i.e. iron sand depends on autonomous investment.
In the other hand, research for projecting the quality
and capacity of this mining resource is necessary
to make the projection on mining industry.
Agriculture Sector
- Farm Food Crops and horticulture
as the regency that has fertile land, especially in
the north part territory; development possibility
of agriculture sector must be emphasis on diversify
caption and multiple cropping agriculture development
system. In the contrary, the south territory has a
prospect for developing agriculture sector, especially
for horticulture, commercial and plants industrial.
Major farm food crops in East Java and especially
in Blitar regency (as one of the fertile regency of:
Paddy (238,654.11 ton), Rice corn (39.00 ton), Sorghum,
Cassava (163.85 ton), Sweet potato (7.203 ton), Soybean
(14.105 ton), Peanuts, beans, Fruit, Vegetables.
- Blimbing (star fruit) of Karangsari
Star fruit production in Blitar municipality ranges
from 20 to 50 kg per tree; even there are some, which
can produce 30 kg per tree. The products depend on
the age of the trees. At the present time, Blitar
municipality is producing star fruits of Karangsari,
amounting to 360,000 kg per year for both local consumption
and other cities' consumption in East Java.
- Pecel (peanut) Sauce of Karangsari
This kind of peanut sauce that has been very popular
among most big cities in Indonesia, and it has export
to foreign country such as Netherlands, Suriname,
Hongkong, and the Middle East Countries. The average
production amounts about 350 tons per year.
The plantation of Tobacco, Sugarcane, Cotton, Rosella,
Coconut, Coffee, ‘Capok’, Clove, Tea,
‘Cananga’, Areca Nut, Cinnamon, Red Pepper,
Cashew Nut, Castor Oil Plant, Vanilla, Pineapples,
Canaries, Fan Palm, Rubber, Cocoa, Abaca, ect.
- Fishery Sector
Fresh Water Pond Development of fresh water pond in
Blitar regency has possibility through the effort
making more effective irrigation system. Investment
opportunity in this sector, really emphasize on the
variety fresh water pond. Pond fish: ‘Gurami’,
Fresh water fish (Mujair), Cat fish (Lele), ‘Gabus’,
frog, etc.
Decorative fish: Coy, ‘komet’, ‘Oskar’,
Man fish, Black Molly, etc.
- Trade Sector
Small Business Investment opportunity in trade sector
depends on the capability and the research by the
investor candidate.
CRAFTS
- Onyx Crafts
This kind of gemstone is produced at Kauman and Kepanjen
Kidul. The products can be souvenir articles and statues,
which supply local demands; moreover, they are also
marketed to other cities especially in Java, such
as: Jakarta, Surabaya and other big cities.
- Lathe Wooden Craft
This craft has become the prime product of Sentul
and Tanggung. The products are formed children toys,
household, sport equipments, and so on. The products
are asked by the local demands including other areas
in Indonesia especially in popular tourist destinations.
The yoyo product is export to foreign markets for
this kind of wooden craft. |
