Indonesian handicraft exports to Japan touch US$10.32 million
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Indonesia exported lace hats and other head coverings as well as wooden frames, rattan baskets, woven baskets made from vegetable materials, and synthetic wigs to Japan in January-May, 2021. (ANTARA FOTO/Arnas Padda/yu/foc)
Jakarta (ANTARA) - Exports of Indonesian handicraft products to Japan reached US$10.32 million in January-May, 2021, an encouraging figure amid the pandemic, especially for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), the Trade Ministry has said.
"Indonesian handicraft products, such as lace hats and other head coverings, are very popular with the Japanese public," the ministry's director of export development cooperation, Marolop Nainggolan, said in a statement here on Tuesday.