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        "msgid": "parties-flood-firms-with-t-shirt-orders-1447893297",
        "date": "2004-03-17 00:00:00",
        "title": "Parties flood firms with T-shirt orders",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
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        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Parties flood firms with T-shirt orders Abdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Election campaigns are bringing a flood of orders to factories to produce low-cost T-shirts as political parties rush to provide uniforms for their supporters. However, many of these orders could end up in the hands of overseas factories, not Indonesian firms.",
        "content": "<p>Parties flood firms with T-shirt orders<\/p>\n<p>Abdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n<p>Election campaigns are bringing a flood of orders to factories to<br>\nproduce low-cost T-shirts as political parties rush to provide<br>\nuniforms for their supporters. However, many of these orders<br>\ncould end up in the hands of overseas factories, not Indonesian<br>\nfirms.<\/p>\n<p>The head of the Indonesian Textile Association (API) for the<br>\nJakarta area, Benny Benyamin, said there had been a marked<br>\nincrease in orders for T-shirts and fabric around the campaign<br>\nperiod but only some producers had experienced significantly<br>\nhigher orders.<\/p>\n<p>\"Not all of our members are enjoying the impact of the<br>\nelection. Only those which produce low-end (cheap) fabric have<br>\ngot a lot more orders,\" Benny told The Jakarta Post on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Benny said the increase in orders would only last a few months<br>\nand would not help revive the industry because only some<br>\nfactories could benefit from the event.<\/p>\n<p>He said small-scale enterprises, which are not API members,<br>\nmay be benefiting more than the large companies.<\/p>\n<p>According to data from the Ministry of Trade and Industry, by<br>\nlast year there were 2,654 textile companies nationwide, with 80<br>\npercent of the big companies located in Jakarta and West Java.<br>\nThey employ more than 1.18 million people.<\/p>\n<p>These companies, most of which target the international<br>\nmarket, have been facing tough competition from Chinese and<br>\nVietnam firms both locally and internationally.<\/p>\n<p>Many had hoped that election demand on the fabric and t-shirt<br>\nmarket would give the industry a boost.<\/p>\n<p>A member of API, Hendi said only some factories were ready for<br>\ndemand for low cost T-shirts.<\/p>\n<p>\"Most big factories can't adjust their production<br>\nspecifications for a the short-term because they have already<br>\nspecialized in higher-quality products for export,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>Hendi said cottage industries, which printed parties' symbols<br>\non T-shirts and made their flags, were benefitting most from the<br>\ncampaigns.<\/p>\n<p>\"These small-scale businesses at Mampang and Pancoran in South<br>\nJakarta, or at Pulogadung in East Jakarta, handle most of the<br>\norders,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>These businesses did not buy fabrics directly from factories<br>\nbut from the Tanah Abang market, the Cipulir market or the<br>\nJatinegara market.<\/p>\n<p>However, the traders in these markets would eventually buy<br>\nfabrics from big factories, causing an increase in demand for low<br>\nquality fabrics, he said.<\/p>\n<p>There were thousands of small factories around the Jabotabek<br>\narea that could absorb the T-shirt demands during the election<br>\ncampaign.<\/p>\n<p>\"Because most of them are in the \"informal\" sector and use<br>\nsimple equipment, they can adjust their capacities without much<br>\ndifficulty, by buying more materials and equipment or hiring more<br>\npeople depending on their orders,\" Hendi said.<\/p>",
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