Wig and Eye Lashes RI Obtains Rp 115 Trillion Abroad

Liputan6.com: Director General of the Ministry of Commerce for Export Development, Gusmardi Bustami said, exports wigs (wigs) and false eyelashes made ​​in Indonesia reached a value of U.S. $ 12 billion, equivalent to Rp 115.2 trillion last year. Fashion products are sold in 40 foreign markets.

"The export value of wigs, false eyelashes made ​​in Indonesia last year through the U.S. $ 12 billion to 40 countries in the world," he said when met at the JCC, Jakarta, Thursday (02/14/2013).

To-40 product markets wig and fake fur artificial RI Among them, the United States, Europe, and ASEAN, especially Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and so on. Wigs and eyelashes, continued Gusmardi, many artisans are from centers in West Java, Central Java, Surabaya and Jakarta.

Gustami optimistic that demand for beauty products will continue to increase if the domestic fashion industry continue to receive full support from the government and the entrepreneurs in the country fashion.

This year, the export value of wigs and false eyelashes Indonesia is estimated to be in the same range of values​​, given the state of the world economy is not yet stable.

"If exports can at least U.S. $ 12 billion in 2013 alone it is good, because it had to do with the world economy today. So rational," he said.

Gusmardi explained, in the future, Indonesia needs to improve the quality of domestic fashion products that help drive national competitiveness ahead of the Asian Community 2015.

"The trend of imports increasingly prevalent, so we have to improve product quality mode lest the people of Indonesia actually buy fashion products overseas," said Gusmardi. (Fik / SHD)