The Ministry of Industry continues to develop the halal industry in Indonesia. At the end of 2023, the State of the Global Islamic Economy Report showed Indonesia rising to third place in halal economy development, up one place from the previous year. In the domestic market, Indonesian Muslims spent USD 184 billion in 2020, projected to rise by 14.96% to USD 281.6 billion in 2025. This makes Indonesia the world's largest halal consumer market, with an 11.34% share of total global halal spending.
One way of seizing opportunities to develop the halal industry is halal certification for products, including food and beverages. “As part of the government, Kemenperin is responsible for preparing empowerment programs for industry, including facilitating halal certification. This supports industry's readiness for mandatory halal certification and for growing the sharia economy,” the Acting Secretary General of the Ministry of Industry, Putu Juli Ardika, said at the opening of the Working Meeting on Accelerating Halal Certification Facilitation in Bali on Friday (2/2).
Halal certification for all food, beverages, slaughtered products and slaughtering services will apply throughout the country in line with the phased halal obligation in Government Regulation Number 39 of 2021. Kemenperin therefore continues to facilitate halal certification for Small Industries (IK). Over the past three years, the Ministry of Industry's Center for Halal Industry Empowerment (PPIH) has facilitated halal certification for 3,095 small industries, through both regular and self-declare schemes.
In 2024, PPIH will again facilitate halal certification for 1,250 small industries, covering halal certificate applications and halal supervisor training for prospective recipients. The training is expected to produce halal personnel who will oversee the Halal Product Assurance System (SJPH) in these companies, so they do not treat the halal certificate as an end in itself but as a continuous process of applying the SJPH even after receiving it.
The Working Meeting on Accelerating Halal Certification Facilitation aimed to coordinate work programs on halal industry empowerment, with representatives of Provincial Industry Offices from across Indonesia. Kemenperin believes that accelerating halal certification for industrial products depends on the role and collaboration of central and regional governments.
At the meeting, data collection and verification of small industries with potential and readiness to apply for halal certificates through saliha.kemenperin.go.id were coordinated. The site is the Ministry of Industry's page dedicated to national halal industry data, including applications for halal certification facilitation.
Besides coordinating halal industry programs with Provincial Industry Offices, the meeting also involved collaboration with Halal Inspection Bodies (LPH) within Kemenperin. The Head of the Center for Halal Industry Empowerment at the Ministry of Industry, Mohammad Ari Kurnia Taufik, said that as an important pillar in the halal certification cycle, LPH must continue to be supported in meeting the mandatory halal certification target for industrial products.
To date, the Ministry of Industry has 17 primary LPH across Indonesia with a total of 100 certified halal auditors, and four other work units are in the process of becoming primary LPH. “As directed by the Minister of Industry, when the mandatory halal period for food and beverages begins on 17 October 2024, no national industry players must be left unable to operate because they are not yet halal certified. LPH support is therefore important to move quickly in pursuing halal certification for national industrial products,” the Head of PPIH said.
He added that during the Working Meeting, stakeholders shared input and a joint commitment to strengthening the national halal industry. By the end of the event, 822 food and beverage small industries had been verified in applications for free halal certification facilitation from the Ministry of Industry, along with proposals for halal industry HR training participants. “PPIH will then assist the application process as part of its role in strengthening the national halal industry,” Ari concluded.
Source: Press Release of the Ministry of Industry of the Republic of Indonesia