RI to join sports fashion expo

RI to join sports fashion expo

JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia will participate in the international
summer sports fashion and sporting goods trade exhibition in
Munich, Germany from July 21 until July 24.

National Export Development Agency (BPEN) chief Gusmardi
Bustami said in a statement on Friday that participation in the
55th expo would be aimed at helping to raise Indonesian exports
because sporting goods were one of the country's export
commodities that featured potential.

He said that Indonesia stopped taking part in the event during
the early 1990s.

"By following this event, we can anticipate the needs of
sporting goods in the future," he said, adding that the
Indonesian delegation would comprise eight companies.

Exports of Indonesian sporting goods increased to about
US$37.8 million last year from $28.8 million in 1999.

Sporting products are exported to the United States, Japan,
England, Germany, France, Singapore, the Netherlands, Italy,
Australia, Belgium and Luxembourg.(05)