“Based on data, furniture and craft products have been exported with a value of up to USD3.5 billion and absorbed 143 thousand workers spread in 1,114 companies,” he said at the IFFINA Indonesia Meubel and Design Expo in Tangerang on Saturday.
According to Masduki, Indonesia’s vision of becoming the world’s economic hub involves a big push to expand market access for the furniture industry so it can reach the global market.
Therefore, the Ministry of Cooperatives and SMEs will continue to make efforts to improve the capacity of micro, small, and medium enterprise (MSME) players in the furniture sector.
“We have established joint production houses and this a step to push aggregation as well as maintain production quality to be in accordance with world’s standards,” the minister said.
He underlined that the strategic steps to increase the capacity of the furniture industry will require synergy or collaboration between business players and the government to strengthen the industry’s competitiveness on the global level.
He also expressed confidence that the efforts that the government is carrying out now will help MSMEs, especially those engaged in the furniture industry, to level up with the help of abundant and varied raw materials.
“I hope the IFFINA event can expand the domestic market for the furniture industry and introduce local products to the international stage,” he said.
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