Indonesia Pavilion Transactions Hit 423 Million Rupiah

Jakarta, CNN Indonesia -- The Indonesia Pavilion, an Indonesian product exhibition held on the sidelines of the 2018 International Monetary Fund-World Bank annual meeting, booked 423-million-rupiah transactions on Saturday (13/10), one day before the meeting was to end.

The figure was a far cry from 8 billion rupiah worth of goods put on display at the exhibition.

The Indonesia Pavilion, which was held in Nusa Dua, Bali, was designed to showcase over eight thousand Indonesian artworks and crafts produced by 157 small- and medium-sized enterprises for the meeting's guests to see.

The government also put on display information about infrastructure projects in Indonesia, such as toll roads, as well as locally made transportation modes like train cars that were manufactured by state-owned company PT INKA (Persero).

Indyruwani Asikin Natanegara, coordinator at the Indonesia Pavilion for exhibition of and trade in micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises' products, said transactions would continue to rise, given the fact that the exhibition would be extended to October 17, from earlier schedule of October 14.

"Transactions only started to rise in recent days because not so many people came in early days," said Indyruwani on Sunday (14/10).

The transaction value stood at 146 million rupiah on Thursday (11/10) from sales of 500 items, and the number of goods sold creeped up to thousands on Saturday, the sixth day of the exhibition.

Most of the items sold included ready-to-wear clothes, fabric and home appliances, she said.

"We're still open to public until October 17, 2018. Products to be sold are still in the storages, and more visitors are coming," said Indyruwani.

The committee had earlier prepared two storages to keep products to be showcased and sold at the Indonesia Pavilion. One of the storages was designated for medium-grade products and located in Denpasar, while the other was for premium-grade items and located within the Indonesia Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) compound in Nusa Dua.

The committee has as of now kept all the goods in the storage in the ITDC area for easier transport.

"It's because we have to replace the goods every two days, as hundreds of small- and medium-sized enterprises are participating," said Indyruwani. (vws)