REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Ministry of Trade plans to increase its export target by five percent or 190 billion USD this year. One of steps is increasing non oil export.

Director General of Non Oil Export in Ministry of Trade, Nus Nuzulia Ishak said that she was optimistic Indonesia's export performance would be better than last year. Indonesia's total export reached 165.6 billion USD in November 2013.

National export slowed down about three to four percent in 2013. It was influenced by global economy and a decline in export figure. However, it did not mean this year's target could not be achieved as the figure had reached good achievement.

Relation between Indonesia and its trading partners are also well established. United States as one of trading partners is already quite good in economic situation.

Government has arranged 179 promotional activities in collaboration with local and foreign representatives, such as exhibition, trade mission and in-store promotion. About 55 percent of activities will be carried out in non-traditional markets, 41 percent in traditional market and the rest in regular market. Ministry of Trade also invites potential buyers from various countries coming to Indonesia.

"We will bring all buyers, which have been selected to areas that are already ready in 2014," Ishak said.

She added that government would ask the Indonesian Trade Promotion Center (ITPC) to take potential buyers who would be invited to Indonesia. It will be focused on 10 countries, namely US, Japan, China, South Korea and India for traditional market, while Middle East, Africa, latin America and Eastern Europe for non-traditional market.

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