Exporters awarded for perseverance
Exporters awarded for perseverance
JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto will present Primaniyarta awards to 68 exporting companies for their distinguished achievements and staying power during the last five years of slow export growth, an official announced yesterday.
"The award presentation, slated to take place at the State Palace on Tuesday, is expected to encourage exports which were flat over the last five years," Acting Chairman of the National Agency for Export Development Arifin Lumban Gaol said.
Arifin said that the government had set aside 78 awards but that only 68 exporters returned the questionnaires distributed by the Ministry of Trade.
According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, the growth rate of non-oil exports slowed from 27.67 percent in 1992 to 16.23 percent in 1993 and to 12.12 percent in 1994.
Despite the slow growth, non-oil exports increased to US$23.3 billion in 1992, $27.1 billion in 1993 and $30.3 billion in 1994.
The ministry's data, provided by Arifin, indicates that the performance of non-oil exports was poor due to the flat growth in the exports of wood products, garments, textiles, shoes, fish, mollusks and shellfish.
The amount of commodities exported during the January-July period of 1995 remained at the 1994 level of $8.1 billion.
According to the bureau of statistics, 214 companies in total were eligible for the awards.
"In evaluating the nominated companies, we used statistics provided by various institutions," said Arifin.
Clearance from Bank Indonesia, the Directorate General of Tax, the Environmental Impact Management Agency, the Directorate General of Customs and Excise and the Export Service Facilitating Agency was required for the award nominees.
The award winning companies classified as small had annual exports totaling between $500,000 and $5 million, medium companies exported between $5 million and $15 million, medium-big between $15 million and $50 million and big companies were those with exports totaling more than $50 million.(kod)