President Jokowi Inaugurates Inacraft 2015

Jakarta (Antara Bali) - President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Wednesday opened the 17th Jakarta International Handicraft Trade Fair (INACRAFT 2015) at the Balai Sidang Jakarta Convention Center (JCC).

Scheduled to be held on April 8-12, 2015, the INACRAFT is the biggest and most comprehensive exhibition of gifts and housewares. In the company of First Lady Iriana Joko Widodo, the president arrived at the JCC at 10.15 a.m. local time to inaugurate the exhibition.

Also present were Madame Mufidah Jusuf Kalla, the wife of Vice President Jusuf Kalla; Trade Minister Rachmat Gobel; and Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprises Minister Anak Agung Gede Nugraha Puspayoga, among others.

INACRAFT 2015 is organized by the Association of Exporter and Producer of Handicraft of Indonesia (Asephi) in collaboration with Mediatama Binakreasi.

The annual INACRAFT event has become an icon of Indonesian handicraft products' exhibition and is in keeping with the government's annual agenda to consistently develop the quantity and quality of products.

Asephi Chairman Thamrin Bustami had earlier affirmed that a total of 1.6 thousand companies from all provinces across the country participated in the INACRAFT 2015, which is expected to be visited by around one thousand foreign buyers and 200 thousand domestic buyers. He noted that craft industries in Indonesia have started to show potential, which is apparent by the increasing number of local craftsmen with new innovations and creativity producing new products. (WDY)