INDONESIA TEXTILE SECTOR BOSS PREDICTS STEADY EXPORT GROWTH, ESPECIALLY IN ASIA

THE CHAIRMAN of the Indonesian Textile Association (API - or Asosiasi Pertekstilan Indonesia) has told WTiN.com that it is anticipating steady growth in exports of Indonesian textiles and garments over the next few years. Expansion in Japan, the Middle East and other Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) markets would prove increasingly important, he predicted.Indonesia's textile and apparel exports for the first eight months of 2013 grew 1.7% on the same period last year, to USD8.6 billion, according to data from the API, which is targeting total ...


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