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Liputan6.com, Jakarta: Bank Indonesia (BI) until earlier this year has received a request for foreign loans worth U.S. $ 3 billion raised by 13 commercial banks in the national Business Plan Bank (RBB).

"Already 13 banks in the RBB are planning to make loans abroad," said Senior Economic Analyst, Investor Relations Unit (IRU), International Directorate BI Elsya Chani, in Jakarta, Friday (16 / 4), told reporters.

According Elsya, request a new proposal that received the BI and the subsequent bank will ask the foreign debt will pose itself and will be processed by the BI.

"Settlement process of foreign debt raised bank takes about one month," he added.

Elsya also revealed that demand for this debt to foreign countries has increased compared to the previous two years.

In 2009 external debt approved BI worth 2.79 billion dollars and only realized 1.71 billion dollars, while in 2008 the BI agreement worth 2.81 billion dollars and realized 2.11 billion U.S. dollars.

"Indeed in 2009 there is a decrease of foreign debt due to the realization of global crisis," said Elsya.

With the increasing application of foreign debt in excess of the previous query shows that the economy back roads. "It is a proposal not necessarily taken all," he said.

Senior BI Analyst is also explained that the petition filed by each bank will be analyzed at the macro and micro in advance by the central bank.

"The analyst was done so that each bank who asked not to enter the market at the same time so that the interest earned so expensive," he said. (Ant)