RI firms secure US$11.3m in orders at trade fairs

RI firms secure US$11.3m in orders at trade fairs

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

Small and medium-scale Indonesian firms have secured orders
worth a total of US$11.28 million in recent trade fairs in
Germany and Japan, according to the National Export Development
Board (BPEN).

The agency said in a statement on Thursday that Indonesian
firms participating in the Berlin Import Shop Fair held from Nov.
7 to Nov. 11 secured orders worth $9.06 million for clothes and
furniture for next year.

The firms participating in the Japan Home Show held from Oct.
3 to Nov. 2 in Tokyo had secured orders worth $2.22 million for
marble and wood products, the agency said.

The agency said Indonesia had sent 36 firms, including
furniture, garment, jewelry producers.

The Berlin fair drew 543 participants from 64 countries and a
total of 37,022 visitors.

Germany is Indonesia's second largest export market in Europe
after the Netherlands.

Indonesian exports to Germany totaled $1.4 billion last year
and had reached $692.7 million in the first half of this year,
the agency said.

The Tokyo fair drew 384 participants from various countries
and around 20,000 visitors per day.

Indonesia sent four participants: Surabaya-based marble
producer PT Dwi Tunggal Marmerindah, Jakarta-based sanitary
products manufacturer PT Halmar Sanitary and Jakarta-based wood
product makers PT Haritas Adilia Waskita and PT Rimba Kencana.

The companies, together with firms from other member countries
of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), took
spaces in the area provided by a Japanese agency called ASEAN-
Japan Center, which aims to promote trade relations between Japan
and ASEAN countries.

The selection of participants for the fair was also conducted
by the ASEAN-Japan Center, BPEN said.