Firm get $56m from overseas fairs

Firm get $56m from overseas fairs

JAKARTA (JP): Small and medium Indonesian enterprises and cooperatives earned a combined revenue of US$56 million from their participation in overseas trade fairs and exhibitions in the April to December period of last year, the National Agency for Export Development said.

The agency, which organized the companies' participation, said in a report here over the weekend that the sales revenues might be higher than the figure because not all of the companies and cooperatives reported their business transactions to it.

"Some 600 enterprises and cooperatives participated in 44 trade fairs and exhibitions around the world, which were conducted for a range between two days and 10 days each," the agency said in the report, a copy of which was sent to The Jakarta Post.

It said the host countries of the fairs and exhibitions included Australia, Canada, Cyprus, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Vietnam, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Morocco, South Africa, Russia, Germany, Scandinavia, the Netherlands, Poland, the United States, Venezuela, Chile and Mexico.

Commodities displayed in the fairs and exhibitions included leather products, household appliances, furniture, fishery products, pharmaceuticals, giftware, garments, processed food, sporting equipment, horticultural produce, handicrafts, automotive vehicles, cacao products, electronics, home decorations as well as printing and stationery products.

The agency said that it will also arrange Indonesia's participation in 11 other fairs in the January to March period of this year, in which about 85 enterprises are expected to participate. (kod)