Foreign buyers to join trade expo

Foreign buyers to join trade expo

JAKARTA : The National Agency for Export Development (BPEN) said that about 5,000 foreign buyers from 90 countries would participate in the upcoming 2002 PPE export products exhibition in Jakarta.

"We have also received positive responses from both foreign and domestic companies who will participate in this expo," BPEN chairman Diah Maulida told reporters on Tuesday.

As of June, 446 buyers from 25 countries and about 980 companies had confirmed their participation.

The 2002 PPE will be held from Oct. 16 to Oct. 20 at the Jakarta Fairgrounds in Kemayoran.

Diah said that companies at the expo would display such items as furniture, handicrafts, textile, footwear, foods and beverages, leather, metal and rubber products.-- JP