Liberia Offers Investment In Furniture And Textile Industries

Bandung, March 22 (Antara) - Liberia offers Indonesia to invest in furniture, textile and food manufacturing industries in that western African country. "They hope our companies to invest in Liberia," secretary general of the industry ministry Anshari Bukhari said on the sidelines of a workshop here on Friday. Industry Minister MS Hidayat met with visiting Liberian counterpart at the head of a delegation in Jakarta on Thursday. Anshari told Antara news agency the offer was made with the country`s competence in the three industries . He said Liberia has in abundance basic materials for the three industries. "They have timber basic materials for furniture and cotton for textiles industries," he said. Investors could also gain from Liberian preferential tariff for exports to the United States, he added. "The meeting between the two ministers was a follow up of a recent visit by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to Liberia," he said. The Liberian visitors were part of a delegation of that country to the High Level Panel (HLP) meeting in Bali headed by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.