Ekonomi Papua Minus, BPS : Dipicu Produksi Emas dan Tembaga yang Turun

JAYAPURA - Angka pertumbuhan ekonomi Provinsi Papua pada triwulan I tahun 2023 dilaporkan Badan Pusat Statistik (BPS) Papua minus 2,39 persen. 

Meski hal itu andil dari seluruh lapangan usaha, namun menurunnya produksi emas dan tembaga akibat curah hujan dan tanah longsor, turut ikut berpengaruh pada penurunan angka pertumbuhan ekonomi Bumi Cenderawasih.

"Sebagian besar pertumbuhan ekonomi Papua ini kan masih didominasi oleh Sektor pertambangan dan penggalian

"Sehingga ketika lapangan usaha pertambangan dan penggalian mengalami kontraksi sedalam minus 11,64 persen akibat produksinya menurun, maka pertumbuhan ekonomi juga ikut turun," kata Kepala BPS Papua, Adriana Carolina Helena, di Jayapura, Senin.

Selain sektor pertambangan dan penggalian, lanjut dia, lapangan usaha yang mengalami kontraksi pertumbuhan, yaitu lapangan usaha Industri Pengolahan sedalam minus 0,29 persen yang disebabkan produksi industri kayu dan beberapa industri lainnya mengalami penurunan. 

"Dengan demikian, tiga sektor yang mengalami pertumbuhan tertinggi pada triwulan I-2023, yaitu sektor transportasi pergudangan, pengadaan listrik dan gas serta jasa keuangan dan asuransi," tandasnya.

Diketahui, perekonomian Papua berdasarkan besaran Produk Domestik Regional Bruto (PDRB) atas dasar harga berlaku triwukan I-2023 mencapai Rp 65,29 triliun dan atas dasar harga konstan 2010 mencapai Rp 40,95 triliun. ***

JAYAPURA - The economic growth figure of Papua Province in the first quarter of 2023 was reported by the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) Papua minus 2.39 percent.

Although this contributed to the entire business field, the decline in gold and copper production due to rainfall and landslides also contributed to the decline in the economic growth rate of Papua. 

"Most of Papua's economic growth is still dominated by the mining and quarrying sector.

"So when the mining and quarrying business contracted as deep as minus 11.64 percent due to declining production, economic growth also fell," said the Head of BPS Papua, Adriana Carolina Helena, in Jayapura, Monday.

In addition to the mining and quarrying sector, she continued, business fields that experienced growth contraction, namely the Processing Industry business field as deep as minus 0.29 percent due to production in the wood industry and several other industries decreasing.

"Thus, the sectors that experienced the highest growth in the first quarter of 2023 were the transportation, warehousing, electricity and gas procurement, and financial and insurance services," she said.

It is known that the economy in Papua based on the amount of Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) on the basis of prices in force in the first quarter of 2023 reached IDR 65.29 trillion and on the basis of constant prices in 2010 reached IDR 40.95 trillion. ***