Indonesia is a treasure trove of crafts. From Sabang to Merauke, various types of crafts can be found easily with their own local wisdom. Every region in Indonesia has its own uniqueness in terms of craft products such as wayang (shadow puppets), metal, cloth, wood, and others. Due to their uniqueness and creativity, many Indonesian products are popular among foreign tourists and even become export products.
Indonesian craft exports include Batik cloths, wood carving crafts, wayang, woven crafts, metal crafts, and stone crafts. The export potential of craft products is estimated at around Rp11 – 14 trillion in 2023. The export destinations for crafts, previously dominated by Japanese, European (Great Britain and Dutch), and ASEAN markets, are starting to diversify to non-traditional markets such as African and Latin American markets. Various Indonesian crafts have good potential in the ASEAN market. For example, decorative pet cages are in demand in Malaysia.
According to data from the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy, the export value of the creative economy has reached US$24.79 billion with an added value of Rp1.236 trillion as of November 2022. Previously, the export value of the Indonesian creative economy was US$23.9 billion in 2021 and only US$18.8 billion in 2020.
Fashion, handicrafts, and culinary are commodities with the largest contribution to Indonesian foreign exchange. In addition to these three, other commodities such as game apps, television, radio, photography, advertising, publishing, performing arts, and visual arts are promoted as Indonesia’s leading creative economy commodities in the ASEAN, Asian, or global markets.
Aside from increasing the export of creative products, Indonesia has several commodities that are exported to ASEAN countries. The following is a list of Indonesia’s exports to ASEAN countries:
- Coffee
Exported to Thailand, Malaysia, and Vietnam.
- Shrimp
Exported to Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand.
- Cacao
Exported to Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand.
- Palm oil
Exported to Singapore and Vietnam.
- Electronics
Exported to Malaysia, Singapore, and Vietnam.
- Automotive parts
Exported to Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
- Textiles and textile products
Exported to Singapore.
- Furniture
Exported to Malaysia and Singapore.
- Footwear
Exported to Malaysia and Thailand.
- Rubber and rubber products
Exported to Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand.
- Medical equipment
Exported to Malaysia and Singapore.
- Spices
Exported to Singapore.
- Crafts
Exported to Singapore.
- Craft Products
Exported to Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand.
- Jewelry
Exported to Singapore.
- Non-paper stationery
Exported to Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand.
- Leather products
Exported to Vietnam, Thailand, and Malaysia.
- Vegetable oil
Exported to Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, and Singapore.
The following are products produced and exported by ASEAN Member States:
- Indonesia
Crude oil and gas, processed food, palm oil, wood, textiles, leather products, coffee, tea, and cloves.
- Thailand
Refined petroleum products, jewelry, chemical products, rubber, machinery and machine parts, vegetables, and rice.
- Brunei Darussalam
Crude oil, gas, chemicals, machinery, and transportation equipment.
- Philippines
Electronic products, wooden crafts, transportation equipment and machinery, chemicals, clothing materials, and processed food.
- Malaysia
Electrical equipment, chemicals, textiles, rubber products, refined petroleum products, machinery, and spare parts.
- Singapore
Industrial machinery, crude oil, transportation machinery and equipment, phones, machine spare parts, and processed food.
- Cambodia
Apparel, footwear, cotton, aluminum, rubber, and rice.
- Laos
Gold, copper, electrical equipment, wood and wood products, and apparel.
- Myanmar
Teak wood, rice, crude oil, apparel, rubber, cotton, and gemstones.
- Vietnam
Phones, phone accessories, rice, production machinery, textiles, crude oil, garments, coffee, footwear, rubber, and chemicals.
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References:
- menpan.go.id
- kemenparekraf.go.id
- kemendag.go.id