RI-Poland economic ties

RI-Poland economic ties

JAKARTA (JP): The trade between Indonesia and Poland rose last
year with businessmen and officials of both countries exchanging
more visits.

According to a bulletin published by the Polish Embassy in
Jakarta, exports to Poland in the first three quarters of 1996
reached US$90.8 million, up $23.6 million. Imports from Poland
were to $42.7 million, up $4.7 million.

Indonesian exports to Poland included telecommunication
equipment, electrical machinery, paper products, footwear, tea,
coffee, chemical products, fabrics and natural rubber.

Imports from Poland included steel products, machinery and
equipment, powdered milk, pulp and paper waste.

Poland sent two economic and official missions to Indonesia
last year. One was headed by Prime Minister Wlodozimierz
Cimioszewicz.

Indonesia's economic and official missions to Poland last year
included one headed by Minister of Mines and Energy I.B. Sudjana
and another by the chairman of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce
and Industry, Aburizal Bakrie. (jsk)