The pandemic does not stop us from backing potential exporters under our assistance programs to support MSMEs enter the global market. As of today, around 353 Indonesian products and textiles are accessible for potential buyers at the Alibaba onlineJakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesia Eximbank is committed to assisting national micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) enter the global market amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
"The pandemic does not stop us from backing potential exporters under our assistance programs to support MSMEs enter the global market. As of today, around 353 Indonesian products and textiles are accessible for potential buyers at the Alibaba online marketplace," Indonesia Eximbank Managing Director II Maqin Noorhadi stated here on Thursday.
As an institution, assigned a special task from the Finance Ministry to increase national exports, Indonesia Eximbank remains committed to supporting MSMEs through financial and non-financial means, Noorhadi affirmed.
Noorhadi explained that Indonesia Eximbank's current assistance programs comprise a coaching program for new exporters, Foreign Exchange Village Program to support potential village-made products to penetrate foreign markets, and a marketing handholding program to introduce new products to the foreign marketplace.
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Indonesia's MSMEs are currently impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic fallout owing to mobility and export restrictions imposed by several countries, he remarked.
Meanwhile, Andri Setyawan, currently serving as CEO of the batik textile exporter CV Pria Tampan based in Solo, Central Java, remarked that textile entrepreneurs should utilize every available opportunity to ensure survival of businesses while admitting his company was also affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
"All companies, either old or new, are equally affected by the pandemic. Hence, it is important to continue to harbor optimism and have a positive outlook that our company will survive the pandemic," Setyawan stated.
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He encouraged MSMEs to utilize the government’s assistance akin to his company that had availed export support through the National Interest Account Program from Indonesia Eximbank.
"The benefit is very helpful for our company to survive amidst the pandemic," he noted.
As of April 2021, CV Pria Tampan successfully shipped seven containers of batik textile overseas valued at US$220 thousand, an increase from the preceding period when the company only exported five containers valued at US$160 thousand, Setyawan remarked.
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