Jakarta-Indonesian  businessmen Association (Apindo) to support regulation that requires mining companies require mineral processing before being exported.

This is related to the application of the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Regulation No. 7 of 2012 on increasing the value added of mineral and coal (Mining).

"Do not hear businessmen also engaged in it because they were always selling the raw materials we wrote and it got damaged and no added environtment valuenya and disadvantaged communities in this," said Chairman of Apindo Sofjan Wanandi in Jakarta, Wednesday ( 14/3).

He said, as long as this business is engaged in the mining sector to exploit the large-scale Mining. This resulted in damage to the environment in mining areas. Plus, they export the mineral raw materials at cheap prices.

For the sake of increasing value added in the Mining sector, continued Sofjan, the government should be firm to perform downstream in this sector. It's time to do downstream Mining Mining to increase added value.

"If we're consistent, it (increase in value added) is necessary. We can not sell raw materials as long as this without the added value (added value). And this I think we need to consistently implement it," he said.

Related to the potential reduction in exports by 20% due to the implementation of this rule, Sofjan rate better than the reduced exports in the future could not be exploited due to export.

Instead, the regulations that require mining companies mineral processing before being exported to the medium term will bring in foreign exchange due to export more products are exported mines have added value.

"Better to export less than tomorrow we can not export anymore because the goods are lost. downstream it's so much added value there. Kan our future is better because it added value," said Sofyan.