TWO U . S . COMPANIES RECEIVED PRIMADUTA AWARDS FROM INDONESIAN PRESIDENT
Number I | September 2016
TWO U . S . COMPANIES RECEIVED PRIMADUTA AWARDS FROM INDONESIAN PRESIDENT
Indonesian President Joko “ Jokowi ” Widodo inaugurated the 31 st Trade Expo Indonesia ( TEI ) 2016 , which opened on October 12 th , 2016 at the Jakarta International Expo Kemayoran . Accompanied by Enggartiasto Lukita , Minister of Trade , the President awarded the “ Primaduta ” Award to the best 60 Global Buyers including two U . S . companies : Kohl ’ s Corporation and Royal Coffee New York Inc .
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Kohl ’ s Corporation and Royal Coffee New York Inc . were qualified to receive the awards since their imports from Indonesia increased continuously in the last 5 years .
Besides USA , some countries that received the award are Brazil , Canada , Chile , China , Denmark , Egypt , Finland , France , Germany , India , Italy , Japan , Jordan , Lebanon , Malaysia , Mexico , Pakistan , Peru , Saudi Arabia , Singapore , Spain , South Korea , Switzerland , Turkey , and United Emirate Arab .
In TEI 2016 , Trade Minister Enggartiasto said that there were approximately 1,100 exhibitors , including SMEs , and 15,562 potential buyers from 152 countries . He added that business commitments already sealed totaled IDR 2.6 trillion ( USD 201 million ) from 14 countries .
( Source : the Indonesian Consulate General )
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