Indonesia Cooperate With U.S. Increase Environmentally Friendly Products
Indonesia will cooperate with the United States (U.S.) to promote trade in products that are environmentally friendly in order to encourage the achievement of targets for reducing carbon emissions of each country. This was conveyed by Minister of Trade, Mari Elka Pangestu, after accompanying the Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs receives U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Gary Locke, in Jakarta on Tuesday (25 / 5).
She said, Indonesia has a policy that supports the development of environmentally friendly products. He gave an example, import duties for various pollution-free products and environmentally friendly has been relatively low at an average of five percent.
In addition, the customs exit for biofuel from crude palm oil (CPO) has been pegged lower than the raw material. Also added that Indonesia also has the potential to produce clean `products` and `technology` his services.
The Minister expects IndonesiaI-US bilateral trade remains balanced even though the U.S. is boosting its exports to create jobs after massive layoffs caused by the global economic crisis last year. So far, the U.S. is, the main export destination countries of Indonesia and Indonesia also export high-tech products from the U.S..
The Minister expects trade cooperation in addition, the U.S. can also assist Indonesia in overcoming the problem of environmentally friendly products standard in order to secure entry into the U.S. and European markets. During the next four years, the government is targeting an average increase in export of 10-14 percent per year.
Indonesian non-oil exports to the U.S. so far reached about 10 percent of total exports. On that occasion, in addition to Minister of Trade, also attended by economic ministers such as State Enterprises Minister, Minister for VAT / Head of Bappenas, the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, and Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources.
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