Minister Of Trade Releases Export Export Products Worth IDR 5.7 Billion From Bali To Hong Kong

Minister of Trade (Mendag) Budi Santoso and Governor of Bali I Wayan Koster during the Release of Exports for Vanila, Kayu Manis, and Madu Products, to Hong Kong," in Denpasar, Bali, Tuesday (29/7)/PHOTO: Dafi-VOI

DENPASAR - Minister of Trade (Mendag) Budi Santoso released export products from Bali worth US$350,000 or around Rp. 5.7 billion to Hong Kong.

"We are releasing exports for vandalism, cinnamon, and honey products, so we do have a program called MSMEs can be exported, that we have to side with the small people and then we move from regencies, cities, then urban villages and villages," he said, Tuesday, July 29.

According to him, the exporter of vandalism, cinnamon, and honey products from Bali, namely CV Naralia Group Indonesia, is an example of a company that is able to collect MSMEs and connect them with the global market.

The company previously participated in an exhibition in Hong Kong with several MSMEs until the result was that buyers from the country agreed on vandalism, cinnamon, and honey products.

"This Lia woman (Consisting of the CV Naralia Group Indonesia) can present our representatives at the Indonesian Trade Promotion Center (ITPC) whose duties are to sell our export products, in 33 countries, then after the presentation, our representatives find buyers, after they can do business matching," said the Trade Minister.

Apart from vandalism, cinnamon, and honey, Budi Santoso believes that in Bali many products have the opportunity to be exported abroad.

However, many do not know about the standardization, such as export products this time where he believes that at the beginning the MSMEs also do not understand how to pack good and sell.

"We need people like Mrs. Lia, hopefully there will be a lot in Bali, actually we are now just packing, we have a lot of products, only our products may not have quality for export," said the Trade Minister.

"We must also help our representatives of ITPC who sell, if our products are not good, they also cannot find buyers in the field such as vandalism, cinnamon, and honey," he continued.

Not only in Bali, nationally, the Minister of Trade Budi acknowledged that of the 609 MSMEs to be exported, 40 were exporters, so he hoped that after this the MSME products that entered the international market would soon increase.

Bali Governor Wayan Koster said exports for vanila products were not the only time this was because previously he followed the same thing even with other Balinese products.

"This is the umpteenth export, the day I let go of exportvanila is also extraordinary, then chocolate reaches Europe, even traditional Balinese salt is very good to use in hotels, it feels very strong," said Koster.

He said export activities were strongly encouraged by the Bali Provincial Government because local Balinese products had many enthusiasts and were supported by Balinese people who had talents in processing.

The governor gave an example, apart from the products, there were rice, coffee, and Balinese wine which were previously banned, which have now been consumed by the world community thanks to the governor's regulatory permit.

So according to him, what is still a challenge in encouraging product exports is regulations that are less in favor of local products.