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    "data": {
        "id": 1001896,
        "msgid": "prepare-to-compete-1447893297",
        "date": "1994-11-30 00:00:00",
        "title": "Prepare to compete",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Prepare to compete Among our non-oil and gas export commodities, textiles and textile products rank first, having reached a value of more than US$6 billion in 1993. The plans call for raising that figure to $12 billion to $13 billion a year during the sixth five-year development period.",
        "content": "<p>Prepare to compete<\/p>\n<p>Among our non-oil and gas export commodities, textiles and<br>\ntextile products rank first, having reached a value of more than<br>\nUS$6 billion in 1993. The plans call for raising that figure to<br>\n$12 billion to $13 billion a year during the sixth five-year<br>\ndevelopment period.<\/p>\n<p>Considering that the export of textile products has far<br>\noutstripped that of plywood -- which stood at about $3.7 billion<br>\nin 1993 -- there is plenty of reason for President Soeharto to<br>\ncall on businessmen who are members of the Indonesian Textiles<br>\nAssociation to spur their exports, whose rate of growth is<br>\nshowing a decline this year.<\/p>\n<p>One of the reasons for this slowing down is the emergence of<br>\nnew garment producers such as Vietnam and Bangladesh. This has<br>\nled to the speculation that at some time in the future Indonesia<br>\nwill be forced to relinquish its supremacy in textile exports, as<br>\nthe case with South Korea and Taiwan. On the other hand there are<br>\nthose who argue that Germany and Italy, although industrially<br>\nadvanced, are still exporting textiles on a large scale.<br>\nTherefore, the important thing is for us to continually raise our<br>\ncompetitive advantage by raising the standard of our technology<br>\nand human resources, and also by restructuring the managerial<br>\naspects of our national textile industries.<\/p>\n<p>The simplification of the management of our textile industries<br>\n-- and also that of other leading sectors of the future -- is<br>\nsomething that can no longer be delayed. The coming into effect<br>\nof GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) and the<br>\nformation of the WTO (World Trade Organization) in 1995, as well<br>\nas the existence of the Bogor Declaration which will establish<br>\nfree trade in the Asia-Pacific region by 2020, demands that we<br>\nutilize the coming 25-year time span as best as we can to<br>\nincrease our efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>-- Suara Karya, Jakarta<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/prepare-to-compete-1447893297",
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    "sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
    "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com"
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