Jepara is a regency in Central Java Province, the famous engraving products. With an area of more than 100 thousand hectares, the area has a population of more than one million inhabitants.
As mentioned above, Jepara characterized as producers of carved furniture. Jepara carving is very famous and much in demand on world markets. Another interesting thing from this area is balanced role between industrial activity, commerce, and agriculture. This condition goes on for a balanced development marks the third in the field.
In the manufacturing sector, most business units is on the type of agricultural and forestry industries, there were 13 324 companies employing 148 014 workers. In this type of industry, industries with significant business unit is the industry and the completeness of household furniture from wood, mill for building materials, and plaited bamboo.
Type of other industries in Jepara district were Metal, Machinery, and Chemical companies of 1552 with a total workforce of 5655, and 1255 as many companies of different industries with a total workforce of 19 080. Types of industrial metals, machinery, and chemicals are a significant number of its business units are industrial tile, brick, and Ceramic Products For Household Purposes. While various types of industries that significant amount of its business units are apparel made of textile, Weaving ATBM, and repair of motorcycles and cars.
Existing industry in Jepara generate production value amounting to Rp 1,143,378,787,000.00. Viewed from this production value, type of agricultural and forestry industry produces the highest production values. Within this type of industry, there are industry and completeness of Household Furniture and clove cigarette industry that produces the production value of more than Rp 100 billion.
The dynamics of trade activity shown by many companies that submitted letters of Trade Business License (SIUP) and who proposes Company Registration (TDP). In 2004 there were seven large companies, 44 companies were, and 520 small companies that filed SIUP. Districts with the highest SIUP is Pecangaan and Mlonggo for large companies, and Jepara for medium and small companies.
While the companies submitting the TDP in the year 2004 totaled 566 units. All companies are included in the business sector, Wholesale, Retail, Restaurant & Hotel. Details are as follows: Company Individual 450 fruit, 87 fruit CV, Page 23 fruit, fruit and Cooperation 6.
For the traditional trades, in Jepara regency, there were 27 market. Details are 13 public markets, eight supermarkets, and six village market.
For international trade, Jepara is able to penetrate world markets and has produced foreign exchange of over U.S. $ 141 Million. Of the total export value, 95.02 per cent generated from the export of furniture carving. This is asserted as a producer of furniture Jepara carving mainstay.
In the agricultural sector, Jepara district produces some of the best selling products such as cassava, peanuts, jackfruit / Cempedak, cotton, ginger and galingale. Various other agricultural products produced by local farmers as well, but most are subsistence.
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