Jakarta, Sept. 2 -- The Indonesian government is accelerating the development of the National Salt Industry Center (K-SIGN) in Rote Ndao District, East Nusa Tenggara, to lift output to five million metric tons by 2029.

Head of the Government Communication Agency (Bakom) M. Qodari said the salt estate is part of efforts to bolster Indonesia's self-reliance.

"The government targets to gradually raise national salt production from the baseline of around one million tons to 2.5 million tons in 2026, to 3.5 million tons in 2027, and to five million tons in 2029," he remarked at a press conference in Jakarta on Wednesday.

With stronger capacity, he added, Indonesia expects to cut salt imports from 2.6 million tons to two million tons in 2026...