Peran Sektor Industri Pengolahan Dalam Perekonomian Provinsi Sumatera Utara

Abstract

Manufacturing Industry in North Sumatera Province has a good potency to be developed. This industry is expected to grant positive contribution towards the increasing North Sumatera Province RGDP (regional gross domestic product) as well as reduce numbers of unemployment by means of creating labour opportunity. This research is accomplished to analyze manufacturing industry sector in North Sumatera throughout dependency and multiplier analysis, output multiplier analysis, income, and labour analysis, in addition to priority level determination analysis. The data used is collected from North Sumatera Input-Output table of 2003. The result of this research explains that manufacturing industry is a main priority sector in North Sumatera economy. Manufacturing Industry has a strong dependency in addition to downstream and mainstream sectors in developing output and it also has potency in absorbing labour.