Jakarta (Antara Bali) - Indonesia's Ministry of Industry has urged local textile entrepreneurs, especially those in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), to produce value added goods, in an attempt to reduce the influx of imported textile products to Indonesia, in 2013.
"The influx of textile imports is on the rise, and it will certainly affect the local textile SMEs. Therefore, the government is urging local textile manufacturers to create superior products to stop the invasion of imported products," said the Director General of SMEs, Ministry of Industry, Euis Saedah, on Tuesday.
According to her, large-scale textile manufacturers should cooperate with SMEs to meet the local demand. "Besides, cooperation between large-scale manufacturers and SMEs is one way to increase the potential of local SMEs, in generating superior textile products," she explained.
"For instance, providing accessories for manufacturers' products can be taken over by SMEs," she continued. Saedah argued that if local SMEs find difficulties in selling their products to the international market, they can sell them to the domestic market instead.
"So far, SMEs have not really penetrated the domestic market. In fact, there are people who are interested in purchasing local textile products," she said.(*/M038)
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