POTENSI PERDAGANGAN DAN INVESTASI SERAT RAYON DI INDONESIA

Indonesia has been facing the shortage of rayon fiber eventhough Indonesia is one of main producers. The shortage of rayon fiber is due to the tendency of producers to export rather than supply the domestic markets; so the supply of rayon fiber is then decreased. This study aims to analyze the problems of rayon fiber related to trade and investment policy of rayon industry in Indonesia. It concludes that the scarcity of rayon was caused by the low of production capacity. So, it needs to develop the investment of rayon industry. Meanwhile, there is still a bottleneck problem of investment in rayon industry. Then, the condussive policy especially in forestry sector is necessary to support the development of investment of rayon industry in Indonesia.