Handicraft Industry

Indonesia Furniture Handicraft MWholesale Marketplace - Ministry of Industry will develop the Design Development Center (DDC) to boost state revenue from the sector of handicraft industry.

It was given the high potential market handicraft products from Indonesia in the international. "I believe handicraft industry could boost state revenues even higher. According to the data, during 2007 as part of the handicraft products of creative industries had contributed revenue of Rp 30 trillion," said Director of Small and Medium Industries Jendereal Ministry of Industry (Industry), Fauzi Aziz, on the sidelines of the exhibition at the Department of Industry SME products, Tuesday (19 / 8).

DDC third to be built that is in Aceh, Kalimantan, Riau, and South Sulawesi. The plan was to boost the capacity of special design quality handicraft products. Development of design quality is important because it can determine the quality and competitiveness of products in both domestic and international markets.

Currently only two DDC namely in Bali and Cirebon. "We are preparing a concept used in cooperation with the Faculty of Fine Arts Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB)," he said.

Handicrafts from Indonesia can meet the foreign market because it has its own characteristics and uniqueness that is not made in any country. In order to develop the design of handicrafts, the government also assisted the JETRO Japanese institutions, under the umbrella of the Indonesia-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (IJ-EPA),.

"JETRO has helped farmers in Yogyakarta in terms of product design and quality products if appropriate and practical to enter the Japanese market. As a result there had been exported products from Jogjakarta to it," he said.

In addition, according to him, the government asked for help JETRO to give guidance to Indonesian craftsmen to create products that also meet the market specifications of other countries besides Japan. "JETRO is committed to providing such guidance, '