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The Jakarta Fair 2019 held at the Jakarta International Expo in Kemayoran, Central Java, from May 22 to June 30 is the venue to showcase prime products from various regions in Indonesia.

Various unique local products of small and medium enterprises can be found in Hall B3-C3. To attract visitors, the booths are decorated by displaying the characteristics of each province.

One of the unique booths which attract a lot of visitors was seen on the booth of the Yogyakarta special region administration. Various products of small and medium enterprises (SME) such as batik, wood crafts, fashion, food, and bags are exhibited.

"These exhibits are excellent products from Yogyakarta," said an usher of the Yogyakarta stand, Jemi Hendri Sugito, Sunday.

He said the products on display had been curated in advance by the local Trade and Industry Service. These products must meet quality permit standards both in terms of hygiene and quality.

"Craftsmen are registered by the industrial service. This is one of the efforts of the provincial government to increase selling power and promotion," he said.

According to him, this year is the 14th year Yogyakarta joining the Jakarta Fair event. But different from the previous years, the number of craftsmen who want to participate in exhibiting their products is increasing this year.

In line with Jemi, one of the keepers of the product booth owned by the East Java provincial administration, Risma Hidayat, said that this annual event was very useful for the promotion of prime products guided by the local industry and trade offices.

According to her, this exhibition is also a medium to attract investors to invest in business development.

"Hopefully this year there will be investors who want to invest their capital," she said.

In addition to the booths from East Java and Yogyakarta, a number of regions also exhibited their unique crafts at the 2019 Jakarta Fair, such as Aceh, Palembang, Cilacap, Banten, and Jakarta.

The annual exhibition which has been going on since 1968 also exhibits other kinds of products such as automotive products, technology, sports equipment, fashion, furniture, handicrafts, and cosmetics. (ant)

Indonesian Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi said Boeing 737 MAX 8s remain banned so that these aircraft could not yet be operated for carrying passengers during the Idul Fitri holiday season.

"Boeing 737 MAX 8s are not allowed to fly, even though there will be the peak of commercial flights ahead of and after the Idul Fitri holiday season," he told journalists in Tangerang, Banten Province, on Sunday.

The airline companies had been instructed not to operate their Boeing 737 MAX 8s before, during, and after Idul Fitri, the Muslim festivity that marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadhan, he revealed.

The ban remains valid until a final investigation into this aircraft has been completed, he said, adding that the ban was issued for safety reasons.

Indonesia had officially sought further advice from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on thorough inspections of Boeing 737 MAX 8s following an Ethiopian Airlines plane crash on March 10, 2019, killing all 157 on board.

"We had sent a letter on March 12, seeking the FAA's advice because Indonesia is one of the countries having many Boeing 737 MAX-8s," the Transportation Ministry's Air Transportation Director Genera, Polana B. Pramesti, stated in March.

The FAA's immediate reply was increasingly important for Indonesia, and it will serve as a reference for conducting checks of the Boeing 737 MAX 8s since a similar aircraft operated by Indonesia's Lion Air had also crashed in October 2018, she pointed out.

A day after a Boeing 737 MAX 8 plane of Ethiopian Airlines crashed six minutes after takeoff during its flight from Addis Ababa to Nairobi on Sunday (March 10), the Indonesian Transportation Ministry had temporarily grounded all Boeing 737 MAX 8s in the country.

Pramesti noted that as the operating mode of the US Transportation Department, the FAA's reply to Indonesia's letter will be highly valuable in order to ensure continued maintenance of passenger safety and security. (ant)

Greysia Polii / Apriyani Rahayu still make Indonesia have place in the Sudirman Cup quarter-final 2019 by contributing the second point in the match against Taiwan. Straight game victory over Pai Yu Po / Wu Ti Jung, 21-13, 21-7, making the position now a 2-2 draw for both teams.

Seeing strength on paper, Indonesia has a big chance of winning the women's doubles match. Greysia / Apriyani, who is currently ranked fifth in the world, has been championed by Pai / Wu, who is ranked 61 in the world. Greysia / Apriyani also played without a burden even though Indonesia was behind 1-2 from Taiwan.

Since the first game, Greysia / Apriyani took control of the match's nets. Not only displaying tight defenses, Greysia / Apriyani attacks also often produce numbers. Superior 17-5 in the second game, Greysia / Apriyani increasingly unstoppable.

"Just take pleasure in it, rather than be tense. We want to enter the field with a spirit that is not affected by the results of opponents who are superior. We want to vent our energy and energy into the field. Don't think too much," Greysia said about the game.

"Although the Taiwanese couple is one level below us, but we have to keep fighting, because anything can happen, the weather is different because this is a team match. We have to be on fire from the start," Greysia said.

"At first they had a hard time, we were still looking for air, tense at the beginning, but that was normal. When the points were far away, we enjoyed it better but we did not want to give the opponent the slightest chance.

The fifth party will be the deciding party. The mixed double Praveen Jordan / Melati Daeva Oktavianti will face Wang Chi-Lin / Hsieh Pei Shan where Indonesian can beat Taiwan's double  21-17 21-15. ( Badminton Indonesia)

In this participation, the Indonesian Consulate General in Chicago along with ITPC Chicago and Indofood want to further increase the sales of Indonesian food products, especially Indofood products in the Midwest region's food product market in the United States. We are proud that Indofood's products have recorded sufficient sales to increase significantly and have high brand awareness in the Midwest region of the United States, "explained the Consul General of the Republic of Indonesia, in Chicago Ms. Rosmalawati Chalid at the 2019 National Restaurant Association Exhibition (NRA 2019) which took place on 18 - 21 May 2019 at Mc Cormick Place, Chicago, United States.

The NRA is the largest exhibition for the restaurant industry in the North American region, and the third largest in the world. The total transaction potential generated during the 4 days of the exhibition is around 3,142,000 U $ from 25 transactions.

During the 4 days of the exhibition, the Indonesian Pavilion received a very positive response and was visited by more than 135 potential buyers, not only from Horeka's industrial sector, but also various importers, distributors, retailers, in the food and beverage sector.

In addition to exhibiting products, Indonesian Pavilion also held a business meeting with several large US companies engaged in the food beverage industry sector including Pepsi Co, and Turano, Libbey and also the fishing industry, Regal Springs.

Furthermore, the Head of ITPC Chicago added "in 2018 the sale of Indofood products in the US Midwest region recorded an increase of 43%, which is a record in the United States. The momentum that we want to optimize is to more aggressively carry out promotions and strategic cooperation with distributor, importer and retailer partners in the Midwest region. In addition, we also show that Indofood is trying to diversify its marketed products, where for this year, snacks and condiments products such as sauce, soy sauce, chilli sauce are one of the new products that we try to market more focused and segmented. "Among ASEAN countries, Thailand still dominates to export food products to the US Compared to other ASEAN countries they control 37% of their market share, which is followed by Vietnam and Indonesia ranked 3rd. (kemenlu)