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The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) is having problems
carrying out its 2006 economic survey on private companies.
"We've found it is difficult to collect data on private companies,
especially foreign companies, since their Jakarta offices are only
representatives of their main companies abroad," BPS head Rusman
Heriawan said in Semarang on Friday.
"They should consult with their principal companies when asked about
financial figures and sales."
Rusman said foreign companies tended to pay more attention to
regulations in their countries of origin than those here.
"Based on our regulations on statistics, all companies in this country
must provide information to the agency," he told Kompas Cyber-Media.
The same problem happened in regions where branch offices needed to ask
for approval from their principal companies before giving data to the
agency, he said.
To overcome the problem, the BPS has set up a team to approach foreign
companies.
Rusman said the data would not be related to tax issues and agency
would guarantee confidentiality because the agency would publish the
data in aggregate form, without mentioning individual companies.
The BPS is conducting its fourth economic survey this year as mandated
by the 1997 Statistics Law.
During the survey, the agency collects detailed and thorough data on
businesses -- small, medium and large-scaled enterprises -- which is
needed for the country's economic planning.
BPS is conducting the survey in two stages. During the first stage,
conducted from May-June, the agency collected company data, including
the numbers of employees, assets, sales, and scope of business, using a
door-to-door and full-coverage method. In the second stage, to be
conducted next year, the agency will collect data using a sampling
method.
As of June, the agency had collected data from 25 million business
units across the country. It aims to have collated the results of the
first survey in early December.
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