Riau Investment Challenge Profile

Riau is a prospective economic and an investment challenge because of its agricultural, industrial, plantation, mining, and fishery sectors.

Year 2006, Riau earned export revenue of 8.694,70 million US $ through its CPO, palm oil, pulp, paper, plywood, proceeded wood, crumb rubber, coconut product, sago, fishing fish, instant noodle, mangrove charcoal, coal and many others. It’s increased 19.21% compare with total earned in year 2005. In the same year 2006, Riau import value totalled USD661,977,243.00

The lead commodities of which are natural oil and gas totalled 10,305,001,189.00 tones (2006), oil palm totalled 5,182,412,404.00 tons (2006), pulp totalled 2,729,539,823.00 tons (2006), paper volume 1,461,075,753 tons (2006)

Another commodities are palm oil industry, cement industry, granite industry, coal industry, metal industry, coconut processing industry, avocado, chicken, pork, spinach, duck, chickpea, chili, cempedak fruit, langsat fruit, durian fruit, gambier, granite, brick industry, paint industry, pharmacy industry, glass industry, chemical industry, sago processing industry, clay industry, duck, corn, ginger, guava, orange, peanut, mungbean, soy, peanut, cacao, goat, water spinach, kaolinite, katu, soybean, coconut, hybrid coconut, walnut, kencur, potato, buffalo, tapioca, cassava, and cucumber.

Riau provides transportation, communication, water, electricity, monetary, financial, hotel facilities for your business needs. There are several airports such as Sultan Syarif Kasim (Pekanbaru City), Sei Selari, Tarempa (Natuna Island), Japura, Sultan Syarif Haroen Setia Negara (Pelalawan regency), Pasir Pangarayan, Pinang Kampai (Dumai City). Since Riau Provinces own an Airlines named Riau Airlines, to reach all the regencies in Riau Province becomes easy and fast. It is one of Riau commitments to faster the economic growth to gain its vision 2020 in which become the main land of economic and Malay culture in the region.

Main seaports in Riau for export-import activities are Dumai, Sei Pakning, and Pekanbaru. Another seaports are Bengkalis, Bandul, Batu Panjang, Kurau, Sei Apit, Selat Panjang, Kuala Enok, Pulau Kijang, Sungai Guntung, Tembilahan, Rengat, Penyalai, Panipahan, Sinaboit, Tanjung Medang.

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