TRADITIONAL BATIK TO BE SCRUTINISED BY DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY TO PROVE AUTHENTICITY
January 1st, 2020
THE INDONESIAN government is trying to integrate digital technologies into the country’s batik sector to differentiate and authenticate its products from other Asian competitors. The world’s largest batik exporter, Indonesia's batik exports reached USD52.4 million in 2018 and USD17.99 million in the first quarter of 2019, according to data gathered by Indonesia’s Antara news agency.
Last May (2019), at the 11th Gelar Batik Nusantara exhibition in Jakarta, Indonesia’s ministry of industry introduced the ‘Batik Analyzer’, a smartphone application ...
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