InfoSAWIT, PASAMAN BARAT – Head of Plantation Agency District of Pasaman Barat, Edrizal, Tuesday (3/1/2023) said in Simpang Empat that eight mills in the district do not have their own plantations and partnership as it is regulated in the Regulation of Minister of Agriculture Number 98 / 2013 about the Guidelines of Plantation Business Permits. The mills belong to PT SBS, PT GSA, PT USM, PT BSS, PT Sawita, PT RPSM, PT AAI, and PT AWL.
Based on the regulation, a company that develops, constructs mill should provide, at least, 20 percent of its own material and the lacks could be from the people’s plantations or from partners.
It means, Edrizal continued, every mill should have its own plantations. If not, they have to get partnership with the groups or planters around within written official evidences. “Some do partnership but it is not as the regulation,” he said, as quoted from Antara.
He also thought, in general the agency did send official documents to the companies (mills) to require 20% of its material and do partnership with the people.
After that, few companies now do partnership with the smallholders, such as, PT AWL. “If in the three months, the companies do not fulfill it, there would be reprimand documents until their business permit would be revoked,” he emphasized.
He also encouraged the mills to obey their obligations and do partnership because the people’s fresh fruit bunch (FFB) production would have guarantee in price.
Meanwhile Head of Investment and One Stop Service, Fadlus Sabi accompanied by Head of Permit Service, Sepri Wenti told there have been five companies dealing with renewing Nomor Induk Berusaha (NIB) but they were rejected by online application system called Online Single Submission (OSS) because they could not attach plantation and partnership documents with the people. They are PT AWL, PT. BSS, PT. RPSM, PT GSA, and PT. Sawita.
He thought, the mills have obligation to fulfill the terms and conditions. If not, there would be no NIB.
He also admitted, the mills have got NIB but since the publication of Government’s Regulation Number 5 / 2021 about Business Permits in Risk – Base, the mills should renew NIB. (T2)
