InfoSAWIT, Nanning — Indonesia in the 21st China-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO) in Nanning International Convention and Exhibition Center (NICEC), China on 24 - 28 September 2024, booked the potential transaction up to Rp 479 billion for some mainstay products, such as, palm oil, coconut, clove, coffee, tropical fruits, handy crafts, instant noodle and processed food. Indonesia got precious awards, such as, Best Trade and Economic Outcomes, Best National Pavilion, Best Promotion on Investment Cooperation, and CAEXPO Silver Award for PT Surabaya Indah Permai. The awards reinforced Indonesia in China and ASEAN.
“CAEXPO 2024 would open the chance to get new cooperation, and deliver chances for the stakeholders in Indonesia to get interaction with those in China. For these good results, Indonesia would be more optimist to reinforce its position in global – scale trade,” General Director of National Export Development, Ministry of Trade, Indonesian Republic, Mardyana Listyowati said, as InfoSAWIT quoted, Monday (7/10/2024).
Besides taking part in the exhibition, the delegations of Indonesia also involved in many international scale forums in the 2024 CAEXPO-CABIS, such as, Dialogue China's Green Value Chain and China-Indonesia Trade and Investment Conference that Ministry of Investment/Investment Coordination Agency initiated. In the forums, many participants would reinforce the trade cooperation chance.
One outstanding activity was about Clean Palm Oil dialogue that was running at Paviliun City of Charm B2. It was the collaboration between Palm Oil Plantation Fund Management Agency (PO PFMA) and Indonesian Palm Oil Association (IPOA). It was the event to campaign about the sustainable palm oil industries and potential, emphasized that it would be significant to get innovation to maintain the global – standards – sustainability.
Head of Civil Society Division, PO PFMA, Aida Fitria said that palm oil has big potential to be sold in China. “China is one main palm oil consumer from Indonesia. For the increasing demands get higher, China would significantly offer the chance to increase sustainability standards. We are optimist by consistently having promotion and innovative approach, palm oil products from Indonesia would get increased in the globe to sell namely in China,” she said.
“The participation of Indonesia in CAEXPO 2024 and the meeting in many international scale forums, would be the effective and strategic thing to promote many products and investment in Indonesia,” Miftah Farid, Director of Primary Product Export Development, Ministry of Trade Indonesian Republic, said.
For having the achievements and potential transaction, Indonesia would be more optimist to increase the export and reinforce local product competition in the globe, namely in China. (T2)