Forecasting of Demand Quantity of Crystal Sugar in Indonesia

Abstract

Domestic sugar production increasingly unable to meet the needs of the community so that the shortage must be covered with imported sugar has continued to increase since 1990. Period 1991-2001, the sugar industry in Indonesia began to face a variety of significant problems. One indicator of Indonesia's sugar industry problem is the increasing trend of imports. The purpose of this research is to analyze the factors that influence the import of sugar crystal in Indonesia and to analyze the forcasting about Indonesian sugar import in the future. The projected amount of sugar imports in Indonesia in the coming years will continue to increase the import of crystal sugar in the next seven years by Indonesia reaching 425 thousand tons.