Leather exhibition opens

JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Industry and Trade Rahardi Ramelan is due to open today a five-day leather and leather products exhibition at the ministry's office on Jl. Gatot Subroto, South Jakarta.

About 30 small-scale producers from Java, Bali and West Nusa Tenggara will exhibit their export-quality products, including clothes, jackets, shoes, bags, balls, suitcases, wallets, saddles and seat covers, every day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The ministry will also hold an exhibition on food and drink products on Aug. 5 to Aug. 9, ceramic products on Aug. 19 to Aug. 23, and wood products on Aug. 27 to Aug. 30.

All participants of the exhibitions are small-scale producers who do not have access to other exhibitions, the ministry said. (das)