Jakarta, Feb. 24 -- Indonesia's Industry Ministry is drafting a strategy to ensure imported raw materials meet halal standards, as manufacturers rely on overseas supplies for about 70% of inputs, a senior official said Tuesday.

Emmy Suryandari, head of the ministry's Industry Standardization and Services Policy Agency, said the dependence on imports requires tighter oversight to protect the halal ecosystem from upstream to downstream.

Speaking at the 99th Indonesian Sharia Economists Forum in Jakarta, she said the government's New National Industrialization Strategy applies backward and forward linkage approaches to trace supply chains.

"Raw materials are one of the main challenges. If upstream production is domestic, tracing is easier...