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Indian Embassy in Jakarta in cooperation with Indonesian Trade Ministry held Multi Product Roadshow which focuses on  beef, rice and sugar export from India to Indonesia  in Jakarta on Monday (16/9).Indian Ambassador to Indonesia, Pradeep Kumar Rawat in his welcoming speech said that Indonesia and India complement each other in exporting  and importing agricultural products. For instance, Indonesia imports rice from India and India imports palm oil  from Indonesia.

“But there are many commodities that Indonesia is only supplying and can supply. And all of you know, it’s a very sensitive matter in Indonesia, palm oil. And India is possibly the largest or the second largest importer of palm oil from Indonesia. Coconut is a good product and in addition, Indonesia produces so many herbs which are very important part of India’s medicines tradition, and some of it is all being sourced, but it will create a better awareness about it. There could be new areas of cooperation which we can find.” said Pradeep.

Moreover, Ambassador Pradeep Kumar Rawat reemphasized the target of 50 billion USD which had been stated by President Joko Widodo and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for bilateral trade cooperation that will be achieved by 2025. The Multi Product Roadshow in Jakarta was attended by Indonesian Trade Minister, Enggartiasto Lukita and it was followed by 40  members of Indian Trade delegation promotion. (VOI/AHM)