Competitive Advantage

As a sole producer of AB in Indonesia, UIC competes with several overseas producers. Nevertheless, UIC has competitive advantage imported products is subject to import duty and logistic fee of 5.00% and 2.00%.

Other important factor for UIC is to compete in quality. UIC always affirms its commitment to keep the quality of its products. This effort could be proven with the succeed of UIC in achieving international quality standard certificate, ISO 9002, since 1996.

UIC is capable to supply its product by just-in-time method, that allows UIC to supply the customers punctually. The ability to implement this delivery service enables our customers to reduce their storage cost and manage their stock efficiently.

Functional currency that is a currency in economic substance which reflected in UIC operational activities is US Dollar. In 2003, UIC issued bond in Rupiah denomination amounting to Rp. 600 billion. In risk management to this foreign exchange, since 2003, UIC has been participated in Cross Currency Interest Rate Swap with the purpose to minimize risk that might arise from the Rupiah fluctuation towards US Dollar.