Export promotion helps small firms<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): An export promotion drive introduced recently by
\nthe National Agency for Export Development in cooperation with
\nthe United Nations Development Program has helped at least 100
\nsmall and medium-scale companies.<\/p>\n
NAFED's chief Gusmardi Bustami said here on Thursday that many
\nof the companies, mostly handicraft producers, have won orders to
\nsell their products overseas.<\/p>\n
\"As much as US$623,000 worth of merchandise for export is now
\nat the final stage of negotiation with foreign buyers,\" he told
\nreporters.<\/p>\n
He said that the project called \"Export Promotion Services for
\nSmall and Medium-Scale Enterprises, which was introduced in
\nDecember last year, helped the companies to market their products
\noverseas.<\/p>\n
\"Today we are celebrating the success of one of the
\nenterprises under our supervision,\" Gusmardi said at the
\nlaunching of PT Selaras Putra Mandiri's first container of wooden
\nfurniture to Brussels.<\/p>\n
The export promotion project was formed in December 1998 by
\nthe government and has been funded by the UNDP.<\/p>\n
The Ministry of Industry and Trade through its NAFED serves as
\na coordinator of the project.<\/p>\n
This project provides more than 10 consultants who previously
\nserved as Indonesian consuls and heads of Indonesian Trade
\nPromotion Centers overseas.<\/p>\n
Enterprises which have participated in the program are from
\nJakarta, West Java, Central Java, Bali and North Sumatra.<\/p>\n
Enterprises under supervision are those whose products are
\nhandicrafts (61 percent), agricultural products (32 percent),
\nclothes (6 percent) and motorcycle spare parts (1 percent). (02)<\/p>",
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