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85581
Thu, 10/22/2009 - 08:54
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BALI'S HANDICRAFT EXPORTS TO JAPAN REMAIN FAIRLY STABLE
Denpasar, Oct 21 (ANTARA) - Export of various handicraft artcicles made by Balinese people to Japan has remained fairly stable in the January-July period in 2009 reaching a total value of 45.5 million US dollars or an average of 6.5 million dollars per month.
The January-July figures made Japan the second largest importer of e Bali's non-oil/non-gas commodities, Ni Wayan Kusumawathi, an officia; at Bali's Export Development Agency, said on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the biggest importer of Bali's handicraft goods, agricultural and plantation products was the United States with the imports in the January-July period in 2009 reaching a total value of 54.9 million dollars or 20.8 percent of Bali's overall foreign exchange earnings from non-oil/non-gas exports in the period.
Ni Wayan said Balinese hand-made articles such as wooden toys, Banana stem bags, artificial flowers and apparel were still being exported to Japan but not in quantities as big as before the the world economic crisis.
The United States, Japan and several European countries were still the major markets of Balinese handicraft articles but France and Italy were mostly interested in antique handicraft items.
France was the third largest buyer of Balinese handicraft articles in the first seven months of 2009 with its imports of these goods valued at a total of 20.1 million dollars in the period.
Italy was the fourth in line having imported handicraft articles worth a total of 16.5 million dollars.
Ni Watan said Balinese businessmen and exporters must have the courage to develop the marketing wing outside the main market of the country had to explore markets in African countries, South Asia and the Middle East which so far had not been canvassed maximally.
She said the markets in these countries were very potential, as Bali's exports to them until mid-2009 had increased by three to 22 percent. Bali's exports to Africa reached a total value of 9.1 million dollars during the January-July period in 2009 or up by 8.3 percent from a correspoding period in the preceding year.
From its exports to South Asian countries like India and Sri Lanka, Bali only earned one million dollars , and from those to the Middle East 1.4 million dollars. But these figures could be increased if Balinese exporters made greater marketing efforts in those countries, Ni Wayan said.
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The January-July figures made Japan the second largest importer of e Bali's non-oil/non-gas commodities, Ni Wayan Kusumawathi, an officia; at Bali's Export Development Agency, said on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the biggest importer of Bali's handicraft goods, agricultural and plantation products was the United States with the imports in the January-July period in 2009 reaching a total value of 54.9 million dollars or 20.8 percent of Bali's overall foreign exchange earnings from non-oil/non-gas exports in the period.
Ni Wayan said Balinese hand-made articles such as wooden toys, Banana stem bags, artificial flowers and apparel were still being exported to Japan but not in quantities as big as before the the world economic crisis.
The United States, Japan and several European countries were still the major markets of Balinese handicraft articles but France and Italy were mostly interested in antique handicraft items.
France was the third largest buyer of Balinese handicraft articles in the first seven months of 2009 with its imports of these goods valued at a total of 20.1 million dollars in the period.
Italy was the fourth in line having imported handicraft articles worth a total of 16.5 million dollars.
Ni Watan said Balinese businessmen and exporters must have the courage to develop the marketing wing outside the main market of the country had to explore markets in African countries, South Asia and the Middle East which so far had not been canvassed maximally.
She said the markets in these countries were very potential, as Bali's exports to them until mid-2009 had increased by three to 22 percent. Bali's exports to Africa reached a total value of 9.1 million dollars during the January-July period in 2009 or up by 8.3 percent from a correspoding period in the preceding year.
From its exports to South Asian countries like India and Sri Lanka, Bali only earned one million dollars , and from those to the Middle East 1.4 million dollars. But these figures could be increased if Balinese exporters made greater marketing efforts in those countries, Ni Wayan said.
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