Fragrance plant built

Fragrance plant built

JAKARTA (JP): Chairman of National Export Development Agency
(BPEN) Rudy Lengkong inaugurated the construction of the
fragrance plant, owned by PT Naarden Indonesia of Quest
International Group, in Cimanggis, Bogor, yesterday.

The agency said in a statement that the plant, billed to be
the largest of its kind in the country, is expected to start
production in 1996.

It said that Indonesian exports of cosmetic products had
increased significantly from US$ 5.3 million in 1988 to $ 77.1
million in 1992 but fell to $29.3 million in 1993.

The agency said Indonesia now has 20 cosmetics plants to
supply both the domestic and foreign market. Indonesian major
markets for such products comprises the Arab Emirates, Singapore,
Malaysia, Taiwan, and the Philipines.(32)