Continuing To Be Global, Indonesian Footwear Products Are Assessed By The Minister Of Trade Zulhas To Strengthen Global Supply Chains

Trade Minister Zulkifli Hasan when releasing exports of footwear products produced by PT Pratama Abadi Industri. (Photo: VOI/Mery Handayani)

JAKARTA - Trade Minister Zulkifli Hasan said that exports of Indonesian footwear products could strengthen global supply chains and domestic labor-intensive industries. The existence of this industry is very important because it can absorb a lot of workers.

This was conveyed by Zulhas as Zulkifli Hasan is familiar when he symbolically released the export of footwear products produced by PT Pratama Abadi Industri with the Nike trademark to the Netherlands for US$211,518. The export release took place today, in Serpong, South Tangerang, Banten.

"The release of these exports can support the strengthening of the global supply chain of the world's footwear products and labor-intensive industries. The release of these exports is also momentum for the expansion of the export market for Indonesian products and as a driving force for the Indonesian economy in the post-pandemic recovery period", he said, Tuesday, September 13.

PT Pratama Abadi Industri is one of 39 manufacturing companies or partner factories of international footwear brands that has a global supply chain network for the footwear, clothing, and sports equipment industry, namely Nike Indonesia.

In 2021, said Zulhas, Indonesia is in the 6th position as the largest exporter of footwear products, with a market share of 3.88 percent. In the last five years (2017-2021), the value of Indonesian footwear exports to the world showed a positive trend of 4 percent.

"Indonesian footwear exports in 2021 were recorded at 6.16 billion US dollars or grew significantly by 28.76 percent compared to 2020. Indonesia's footwear exports in 2021 also exceeded the export value in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic by 4.40 billion US dollars", he said.

Currently, Zulhas revealed that several footwear companies are also increasing their production capacity in Indonesia in line with rising export demand.

The trend in the value of Indonesian footwear exports to the five main destination countries grew quite rapidly, namely, the United States rose 50.8 percent, Belgium (66.1 percent), China (6.9 percent), Germany (55.3 percent), and Japan (18.4 percent).

"This shows that the export performance of Indonesian footwear to the world continues to increase in value and can take advantage of world market opportunities", he said.