RI, Pakistan to boost trade

RI, Pakistan to boost trade

JAKARTA :Minister of Industry and Trade Rini MS Soewandi and
Pakistani Minister of Commerce Humuyun Akhtar Khan have agreed to
boost trade between the two countries through countertrade, a
senior official said.

The agreement was reached in a meeting in Brussels last week.

Pos M. Hutabarat, director general for industrial cooperation
and international trade at the ministry, said on Tuesday that top
officials from the two countries would soon meet to further
discuss the planned countertrade.

"Ibu Rini has proposed crude palm oil products to be included
in countertrade, while Pakistan may include its jute products,"
he said.

Indonesia imports jute, a raw material for gunnysacks, from
Pakistan. -- JP