2012 Quarter Indonesian Footwear Exports Exceeded 16% Last Year

Indonesia in the first quarter of 2012

The export volume has reached US $875 million (about 8 trillion and 30 billion shields).

The figure is 16% higher than the US $754 million last year (6 trillion and 920 billion shield).

EddyWidjanarko, chairman of the Indonesian Footwear Association, says that the shoe industry in China is still having many orders, as usual, though the economic crisis is spreading in the United States and Europe.

A few days ago, he told reporters, "exports in the first quarter have accounted for about 25% of the total 3 billion 500 million US dollars a year."

He said that the export of shoes this year is expected to increase by 9.3% over last year's US $3 billion 300 million.

At first, if there was no economic crisis in the US and Europe, Indonesia

The association hopes that exports will reach US $4 billion in 2012.

Despite the shadow of the economic crisis, the Indonesian footwear industry has been growing so far.

The industry still completed the purchase orders at the end of last year.

"Therefore, shoe products enterprises are still running as usual.

In the second quarter, we also believe that its growth is better than that of last quarter. "

Eddie confirmed that although traditional markets, such as the US and Europe, have been slow in economic growth.

This indicates that the Indonesian domestic shoe industry has not yet had any negative effects.

Because the trademark holders of the two regions mentioned above still provide orders as usual.

At the same time, the Indonesian footwear industry is also strengthening new potential markets, namely the United Arab Emirates' Dubai (Dubai) and the Middle East.

Djimanto, chairman of the Indonesian Footwear Association, said that usually in the first quarter.

The market will not be better than the rest of the year.

As for the second quarter, the industry will get new orders to enter the new school year, and the third quarter will raise orders for the festival.

In the final quarter, the shoe industry went downhill due to the lack of orders.

RamonBangun, director of the integrated manufacturing and textile industry director of the Ministry of industry, added that at present, the domestic shoe industry is committed to meeting orders in the global market. Ramon

He also admitted that in the first quarter, there were fewer orders for shoes in China.

In April, the footwear industry flourished again because of the large number of orders entered.

In East Java, the footwear industry is even short of labor, because orders are large enough to meet the needs of the year.

"For this reason, the government continues to promote various training programs to meet the needs of human resources," he said.