Seminar to discuss export opportunities

Seminar to discuss export opportunities

JAKARTA (JP): Economist Dorodjatun Kuntjoro-Jakti and a number
of foreign marketing consultants will discuss macroeconomics and
overseas marketing opportunities at a three-day seminar which
begins here tomorrow, the organizer said.

The National Agency for Export Development said in a statement
yesterday that Minister of Industry and Trade Tunky Ariwibowo is
expected to open the seminar, called The 1996 Export Forum, at
the Jakarta Fairgrounds in Central Jakarta.

The statement said the foreign consultants scheduled to
address the meeting include Bruce Aitken and Paula L. of the
United States, John Johnson of Belgium, Yoshio Nakamura of Japan,
Raymond Yip of Hong Kong and Davis Himbara of South Africa.

The agenda of the meeting, with the theme "Stepping up the
Competitive Power of Indonesian Non-oil Exports in Facing the
Global Market", will comprise a plenary session on the first day,
sessions on markets and products on the second day and individual
consultation sessions on the final day.

Indonesian ambassadors, trade attaches and chiefs of
Indonesian Trade Promotion Centers will also address the seminar
to discuss marketing opportunities in the European Union, the
United States, Japan, Hong Kong, Latin American countries and
South Africa.

The discussions will be supported by market research on 24
products in 10 countries. The products include preserved foods,
garments, shoes, leather products, furniture, jewelry, toys,
batteries, automotive and machinery components, as well as audio-
video products. (06)