Pontianak
– Four regencies of West Kalimantan participate in the craft products of West
Kalimantan exhibition in the 2022 BIMP-EAGA Ministerial Meeting.
“This
is not from all regencies, but there are four regencies that take part in this
BIMP-EAGA exhibition. It includes Mempawah, Landak, Kayong Utara, and
Bengkayang. So, they also display their potential products in this exhibition,”
said the Head of Foreign Trade Section in Pontianak, on Wednesday (11/23).
He
added that his party displays the best local products of West Kalimantan that
have been exhibited and went through trainings.
“So,
I display our best products that are ready to be exported. Some products that
we display are woven products, crafts made from the kapuak wood bark, such as
bags or crafts made from typical beads of West Kalimantan,” he said.
Moreover,
he said that his party hires designers from abroad to develop those products to
improve the quality.
“It’s
even better to find the suitable market with the products. So, we display the
products that suits the taste of each country,” he added.
Yudi
Suheri said that this momentum is a golden chance to expose those products so
it will be known abroad. He hoped that those products will become the product in
the export-scale.
"We should use
this opportunity to promote our best local products so they will be known in
the BIMP-EAGA member countries through this event. We hope these products will
become the product in the export-scale," Yudi said. (rnd)