The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) revealed a number of government supports in the development of the national battery industry. Starting from regulations to a number of fiscal facilities. Special Staff of the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources for the Acceleration of Industrial Development in the Energy and Mineral Resources Sector, Agus Tjahjana, said that the battery industry is still in the early stages of development, it needs acceleration to catch up with the industrialization stage in Europe, China and the United States (US). "Indonesia can catch up in addition to having various comparative advantages, it also has a strong government commitment to accelerate development," Agus said at the 2022 Investor Daily Summit which took place at the Jakarta Convention Center (JCC), Tuesday (11/10). Agus said that Indonesia has raw materials or stamps for electric vehicle batteries. There are six companies working on nickel in Indonesia with a total production of 240,000 tons per year. He said the government had issued a ban on nickel exports since 2020 to support the development of the upstream battery industry. For downstream, the government has prepared a number of tax incentives.

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