Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesia`s consumer electronics exports are pedicted to reach a total value of US$8 billion this year, a senior industry official said.<\/p>\n
\"The world economic slowdown will certainly disturb our electronics exports,\" director of electronics industry affairs at Industry Ministry Abdul Wahid said here on Monday.<\/p>\n
He said the slowing of economic growth in the United States and Europe, two traditional export destinations of Indonesia`s electronic products, would disturb the export of one of the country`s premier commodities.<\/p>\n
The disturbance could however be reduced by expanding the export markets to include non-traditional destinations such as countries in the Middle East, Africa, East Europe and Asia.<\/p>\n
\"There have been requests for Indonesian electronic goods such as televisions and dry batteries from Poland,\" Abdul Wahid said.<\/p>\n
Therefore, he predicted that Indonesia`s consumer electronic products would reach a value of between US$7.5 billion and US$8 billion.<\/p>\n
Indonesia`s electronics exports in 2006 were recorded at US$6.9 billion and they were expected to reach US$7.6 billion in 2007.<\/p>\n
Data at the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) showed that Indonesia`s exports of industrial goods such as electronics, telematics and electrical machines in the January-September 2007 period stood at US$9.3 billion.<\/p>\n
He said the industry ministry would encourage the development of six electronic goods whose markets at home were good such as television sets, refrigeators, air-conditioners, washing machines, fens and water pumps. (*)<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/electronics-exports-projected-to-reach-us8-billion-in-2008-1202780818", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }