Awards for top exporters

Awards for top exporters

JAKARTA (JP): The government will give excellent non-oil and
gas exporters Primaniyarta awards in September, an official said
yesterday.

Spokesperson for the Ministry of Industry and Trade Lily
Rosyana said yesterday that the awards were part of the
government's program to promote non-oil and gas exports.

She said the awards would be given to companies, cooperatives
and state-owned companies that have had outstanding non-oil and
gas export records over the past five years.

They should have no bad debts, be good taxpayers, care about
the environment and abide by labor regulations.

Economist Suhadi Mangkusuwondo will head a team of
businessmen, academics, government officials to judge the
winners.

The categories will be producer exporter, non producer
exporter, national exporter and provincial exporter.

The national exporter category will be broken down into the
following sub-categories: small exporter (with exports between
US$500,000 and $5 million), middle exporter (from $5 million to
$15 million), middle-upper exporter ($15 million to $50 million)
and big exporter (above $50 million).

Lily said 288 companies had received the awards since it was
introduced in 1992. (jsk)