REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- An observer from the Institute for the Development of Economics and Finance, Ahmad Heri Firdaus, said here on Tuesday that the industrial sector in Indonesia was facing an energy deficit.

"The industrial sector is the highest energy consumer, using up about 42 percent (of the total consumption) every year. However, the sector is facing energy deficiency as most of the energy resources are exported by the government," he added.

According to Firdaus, national energy products can meet the needs of domestic industries, but they are mostly exported due to a number of infrastructure-related problems.

In addition, the energy resources that used to meet domestic industrial needs are imported commodities.

"Due to the limited oil refinery, raw energy resources should be exported. Then the industrial sector can meet its energy needs by importing energy in the form of ready-to-use products," Firdaus pointed out.

Besides the industrial sector, he explained that national energy consumers used an average of 11 percent of the total, while the commercial sector used 4.3 percent, transportation sector 37 percent, and other sectors about 3 percent.

The largest source of energy for industries is oil fuel (about 28 percent) and coal and gas (each about 26 percent).

"The industrial sector gets only about 7 percent of the coal from domestic production, as 79 percent of it exported and 14 percent is consumed by power plants," Firdaus noted.

He added that 47.8 percent of gas energy is exported, while liquid petroleum gas should be imported.

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