The Creative Industry
fashion and craft work was believed to be strong asset for Indonesia in facing
Asean Economic Forum [AEC] in 2015. In this which was known to produce creative
products similar to that made by Indonesia. Malaysia was not regarded as potential
direct competitor to Indonesia. “Indonesia’s creative products are more
competitive than that of Malaysia, such as garments, so Indonesia is more
confident in entering AEC 2015,” inspector General of the Ministry of Industry
Syarif Hidayat was quoted as saying in Jakarta on Tuesday [16/9].
After opening an exhibition
of creative products by 44 craftsmen in Yogyakarta until September 19, 2014
featuring batik, woven materials, leatherwork, knitted thread, silverwork,
bronze work, handicraft, wayang, herbal and F&B products Syarif stated that
to speak about creative industry means to discuss the wide potentials of varied
cultural background. “The creative industry needed counseling and technological
assistance, to make Indonesia excel in the field”, Syarif remarked.
In his written message he
mentioned 15 subsectors of creative economy in the domain of the Ministry of
Industry, among others fashion, handicrafts, computer service, and software
industry. Culture-based traditional industry like fashion was the prevalent
subsectors as contributor to national economy. Most developing countries had
abundant natural and cultural resources but were not professionally managed.
In the global economic
forum, developing countries were only acting as supplier of raw materials to
developed countries to be processed into products of high technology whereby to
manage natural resources and add value to it. Unfortunately developing
countries had handicaps in developing creative economy, i.e. not having the
proper mindset, bad habit and cultural obstacles. This not to mention low
awareness of the importance of patenting intellectual rights.
Indonesia’s main export
destination countries were the USA and some European stated which, in times of
global economic slowdown might axe their shopping list and hence affected
Indonesia’s export performance. Indonesia needed strategic maneuvers in product
diversification to keep export high, and the Creative Industry was among the
highly potential economic sectors that might contribute significantly to
national economic growth. In 2013, creative economy in Indonesia grew by 5.78%
on the average, higher than national economic growth of 5.76%. The Creative
Industry could bring benefits not just to the creative communities but also to
the nation as a whole.
Yogyakarta had high
potentials for the Creative Industry and tourism, all the main propeller of
economic activities. Besides, most of the creative industry was of the
small-and-medium industry [IKM] category which was the bread and butter of some
of the people in Yogyakarta. By location, Creative Industry in Yogyakarta was
sporadic, not concentrated
“In Yogyakarta, every
corner of the city had their own potential to produce marketable creative product,”
Syarif said. Creative Human Resources were widespread and deep rooted in many
district of the city. Batik had become the commodity icon of Yogyakarta
commanding over national and international markets. Creative commodities were
developing well in Yogyakarta as evident in total export value of creative
commodities in June 2014 posted at USD 27 million, an increase of 13.72%
against the previous USD 24 million. Compared to the same period the previous
year total export was USD 22 million, an increase of 20.3%. the highest export
value constituted of non-woven ready clothes, household instruments and
leatherworks. (SS)
Business News - September 19, 2014
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