REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - Ministry of Trade will cooperate with Indonesian Entrepreneurs Association (HIPPI) to boost export on Indonesian commodities amid tougher competition towards ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) 2015.
"Export development is one of competitions," Director General of National Export Development atthe ministry, Nus Nuzulia Ishak said on Wednesday.
Ishak said that Indonesia was not only involved in AEC, but also Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). In RCEP, ASEAN will collaborate with six countries with the average of gross domestic product (GDP) about 23 trillion USD.
As World Bank predicts the global growth to increase from 2.4 percent last year to 3.2 percent this year, Indonesia set its growth target at 4.2 percent in 2014.