Expo of export products

Expo of export products

JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia will hold its ninth export product
exhibition at the Jakarta Fairgrounds next month to promote the
country's non-oil exports, which have been declining since early
this year.

Chairman of the National Agency for Export Development (NAFED)
Rudy Lengkong told journalists here yesterday that the six-day
exhibition, called Resource Indonesia '94, will be officially
opened by Vice President Try Sutrisno on Oct. 25.

At least, 550 local companies, both producers and exporters,
have registered for participation in the exhibition, which is
expected to attract some 4,500 foreign businessmen from 80
countries, he said.

He said transactions at this year's exhibition may increase by
five percent to US$160 million from last year.

Lengkong said Indonesia needs to intensify its promotional
activities because its non-oil exports are on downward trends.

According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, the country's
non-oil exports during the first quarter of this year declined by
1.61 percent to US$6.3 billion over the same period of last
year.(rid)