Konsumsi BBG per kapita: Indonesia (251 cu m), Thailand (366 cu m), Singapura (568 cu m), Malaysia (1358 cu m) Catatan :1. Data Indonesia untuk tahun 2003, negara lain untuk tahun 2001. 2. Indonesia adalah eksportir terbesar LNG, Malaysia adalah eksportir terbesar kedua
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/174263/1/.html http://www.antara.co.id/en/seenws/index.php?id=6881 http://www.hindu.com/2005/10/20/stories/2005102011400100.htm http://www.vneconomy.com.vn/eng/index.php?param=article&catid=07&id=34a07857059a65 *Ministry sets ambitious export targets* VNECONOMY updated: 20/10/2005 The Ministry of Trade (MoT) has come up with two plans regarding the country's export targets next year, one of which is aiming for an ambitious year-on-year growth of 18 per cent and a revenue of US$37.5 billion. According to the ministry's other plan, Viet Nam will export $36.5 billion worth of products, an increase of 15 per cent, or $5 billion over 2005 figures. An official from the MoT explained that each year the ministry often outlines two plans. One plan is generally easily obtainable, while the other is more ambitious in terms of projection figures. He believed that an export earning of $36.5 billion for next year is within reach given the strong momentum in export growth this year. Analysts are optimistic that Viet Nam's export turnover is likely to reach $31.8 billion this year, with a year-on-year growth of 20 per cent despite the turmoil in world prices. Viet Nam's export revenue grew by an impressive 21 per cent at $23.5 billion during the January-September period, the General Statistics Office reported. A minimum growth rate of 15 per cent in export turnover for 2006-10 ensures an economic growth rate of 8-8.5 per cent over the period. Export categories that the ministry hopes to maintain good business in next year, include rice, seafood, crude oil, coal, textiles and garments, and footwear. In addition, other categories which will be given support to drive the national export growth up, include electronic products, computer accessories, furniture, plastics, electric wires, and cable. Meanwhile, Deputy Trade Minister Phan The Rue was still pinning hope on the huge potential of the seafood and garment sectors. He said that seafood, and textiles and garments were expected to contribute between $300-350 million and $400-700 million (depending on the plan) in added value to export growth, respectively. Rue forecast that despite the slowdown in export turnover of the textiles and garments sector this year, the sector would rebound next year, following the country's anticipated membership in the World Trade Organisation by mid-2006. He added that a positive signal for growth was that Vietnamese textiles and garments enterprises had coped well with the current difficulties in the world market. However, analysts have warned that both export plans will face difficulties caused by market turbulence and the higher cost of input materials, meaning the MoT will have to apply a flexible mechanism in export management, while considering the possibility of joining the WTO in the near future. http://www.latimes.com/business/printedition/la-ft-malaysia17oct17,1,4640746.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-business&ctrack=1&cset=true Malaysia May Require Switch to Biodiesel That Contains Palm Oil By John Burton, Financial Times SINGAPORE Malaysia may become the first Asian country to require the replacement of diesel fuel with biofuel for vehicles and machinery, in an effort to cut fuel subsidies and boost the local palm oil industry. Malaysia's ministry of plantation industries and commodities wants to include the mandatory sale of biodiesel in a proposed biofuel bill expected to be submitted for cabinet approval this month, a ministry official said. Biodiesel, a mixture of 5% palm oil and 95% diesel fuel, would be sold beginning in 2007 if the law is approved. Malaysia is the world's leading producer of palm oil. The move is in response to increased government spending on fuel subsidies, including diesel. Higher oil prices are expected to raise spending on fuel subsidies by 34% to $4.3 billion this year. Officials estimate that the use of biodiesel could reduce Malaysia's demand for diesel by more than 10%. Malaysia is planning to build three plants to produce 180,000 tons of biodiesel for export within the next year. An estimated 500,000 tons of palm oil out of Malaysia's total annual production of 14 million tons would be used to produce biodiesel. Since the 1980s, the Malaysian Palm Oil Board and Petroliam Nasional Berhad, the state energy company, have been developing technology to convert crude palm oil into a diesel substitute. Officials say biodiesel can be used without the modification of diesel engines and produces cleaner exhaust emissions, mandated under the United Nations Kyoto Protocol. Malaysia's biodiesel plants will be operated in a joint venture between the Malaysian Palm Oil Board and several local palm oil plantation companies. Global demand for biofuels was 2.5 million tons last year and is growing 25% a year. Malaysia aims to gain a 10% market share. "Considering this potential, the government is going to produce biofuel in a big way particularly for Europe," Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said when he presented a policy on biofuel development in August. EU countries are the world's biggest producers of biofuel, most of it made with rapeseed oil. But palm oil is seen as a cheaper alternative for biofuel. The EU wants member states to use vehicle fuel with 2% biofuel by this year and 5.75% by 2010. Although escalating crude oil prices make biodiesel a favored alternative to diesel, analysts warn that rising prices for crude palm oil due to increased global demand will squeeze margins on biofuel production. JP Morgan estimates that the price of palm oil will increase to $425 a ton by 2007. Diesel is now priced at about $530 a ton. http://www.euractiv.com/Article?tcmuri=tcm:29-146011-16&type=News EU calls for "global carbon market" after 2012In Short: With only one month to go before the COP-11 meeting in Montreal, EU environment ministers have been trying to boost the EU's chances of bringing more countries into global talks to take action on global warming. RELATED - EU post-2012 climate change policy<http://www.euractiv.com/Article?tcmuri=tcm:29-137310-16&type=LinksDossier> Background: With the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol closing in 2012, the EU has launched discussions on its future long-term strategy to fight global warming. The biggest challenge of the Commission's proposed strategy for the EU is to bring all major world emitters of global-warming gases - including the US and emerging economies such as China - into a binding pollution-cutting scheme. Issues:EU environment ministers on Monday (17 October) repeated their commitment to existing policies to reduce global warming but fell short of defining a precise path for action after 2012, when the Kyoto Protocol draws to an end. At the COP-11 meeting in Montreal next month, the EU will boast achievements such as the launch of the Europe-wide CO2 Emissions Trading Scheme in January this year. It will recommend that other nations join and build "*a global carbon market*" that would exploit the full potential of existing * technologies* and explore new ones. "A global future climate change strategy should drive technology innovation, employing an optimal mix of ' *push*' and '*pull*' policies," said the ministers. 'Pull' policies include carbon trading where the EU is at a more advanced stage than other countries or regions. But the US has a huge advantage when in comes to 'push' policies such as ambitious technology R&D programmes and their financing. In the meantime, they pledged full support to the new COP President in his efforts to find an agreement on "making the *Clean Development Mechanism*work efficiently" - a concern repeatedly expressed by EU businesses. CDM allows companies in industrialised nations to earn credits from emissions-reducing projects in developing countries. However, the 25 EU ministers stopped short of mentioning greenhouse gas reduction *targets* for 2020 (let alone 2050) that EU heads of states had agreed to in March (EurActiv, 17 Oct. 2005<http://www.euractiv.com/Article?tcmuri=tcm:29-145929-16&type=ShortNews> ). But they did reaffirm their commitment to deal with climate change and to limit global mean temperature increase to no more than 2°C above pre-industrial levels. "More has to be done" to meet this ambition, the ministers declared, taking note of the recent Commission suggestion to include aviation in the EU ETS (Emissions Trading Scheme). Positions:*Greenpeace* welcomed the "many positive elements" of the Environment Council conclusions, which "underline Europe's commitment to tackling climate change". But it adds: "the text on the post-2012 process is vague, and ignores the urgency of getting it under way with a clear end date for the completion of negotiations. The UK presidency's claim that climate change was one of its main priorities has been exposed as subordinate to Britain's special relationship with the US and its obsession with tactics over substance," said Mahi Sideridou of Greenpeace. In the meantime, *climate scientists at Purdue University*, Indiana, predicted hotter summers everywhere in the US in what is presented as "the most comprehensive climate model to date," run on supercomputers. The model predicts more extreme weather throughout the US with longer and hotter summers and shorter winters over the next hundred years. "Of course, we can never be completely certain of the future, but it's clear that as we consider more and more detail, the picture of future climate change becomes more and more severe," said Noah S. Diffenbaugh, the team's lead scientist. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/GEEolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Ingin bergabung ke milis ekonomi-nasional? 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