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General Chairman of Indonesian Textile Association -API , Ade Sudrajat said that Indonesian textile export is predicted to reach US $30 billion dollars in 2025. After attending a discussion with the theme “Increase Indonesian foreign exchange through national product of textile and textile product, he said that businesspeople are now analyzing road map to achieve the target. On Friday (14/9), he said, API is optimistic that the target can be achieved because the demand from the international world is getting increased and over the last 2 years, the textile export and textile product of Indonesia have increased.

“Firstly in 2017, it increased 5 percent. Then, in 2018, it increased again to be 8 percent while it never boosted at previous period. If possible, it can increase 100 percent. We also enhance our export to be US $30 billion dollars. So, the investment opportunity is also huge,” said Ade Sudrajat.

Moreover, Ade Sudrajat also said that an important step to encourage textile export is by  widely promoting market access. The innovation of road map for textile industry and textile product is also necessary to respond uncertainty of the global trade. He also explained that the road map will answer the challenge in national industry and also foreign market access. (Skr/Trans by AF/RHM)