RI mission visits Korea, China

RI mission visits Korea, China

JAKARTA (JP): An Indonesian trade mission departed for China
and South Korea on Sunday for a week-long visit to explore new
export opportunities in the two countries.

The National Agency for Export Development said here on
Saturday that the mission comprising 16 representatives of non-
oil export companies would be in China until Wednesday before
visiting South Korea.

Lily Rosyana, the head of the Asian department at the agency,
said that the businesspeople would have some business meetings
during their trip to the two countries.

"Both China and South Korea are Indonesia's main non-oil
export destinations," Lily said in a statement late last week.

Indonesia's exports to both countries include paper, textiles,
rubber, cocoa, furniture, coffee and wooden products.

The country's non-oil exports to China totaled US$1.7 trillion
last year, or a 21 percent increase from the $1.4 trillion of the
previous year. Indonesia's non-oil exports to South Korea
increased by 15 percent to $1.5 trillion last year, from $1.3 in
1999.

Lily said that the agency would send another trade mission to
take part in the Hong Kong Housewares Fair from April 17 to 20,
and the Hong Kong Gifts and Premium Fair from April 24 to 27.(03)