Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesia`s next year`s export growth may reached only 8.3 percent, while this year`s growth has reached 12.2 percent.<\/p>\n
Minister of Trade Mari Elka Pangestu told a press conference on the Financial Note and the 2011 Draft State Budget at her office in Jakarta Monday night that next year`s imports may reach only 9.3 percent, a decline compared to this year`s estimated 15 percent.<\/p>\n
\"Next year, the export growth is supposed to reach 10-12 percent,\" she said.<\/p>\n
She added that Indonesia`s growth exports may this year surpass the Planned Medium Term target of 10-12 percent up the first semester of 2010, the export growth has reached 18 percent from the assumed target of 7-8.5 percent.<\/p>\n
In the meantime, she added, the 2010 import growth will be contributed by many investment activities and infrastructure development projects.<\/p>\n
\"Thus, capital inflow will be quite many, and disrupt the improving economic condition,\" she added.<\/p>\n
In the Financial Note and 2011 Draft State Budget, the government will try to raise exports by way of foreign trade policies aimed at increasing the competitiveness of non oil\/gas export products and market diversification.<\/p>\n
For that purpose, the government has also prepared several strategies on boosting non oil\/gas exports of several products with a higher added value, natural resources-based, and high market demands.<\/p>\n
Other efforts include boosting the export of creative products and services especially from small and medium businesses, boosting diversified export destination markets, focusing on market access expansion, promotion, and nonoil\/gas export facilities in Africa and Asia.
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