Fajarasia.id – The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) has opened the Indonesia Trading House (ITH) in collaboration with Pasar Indonesia AG to increase shipments of Indonesian products to Switzerland and Europe.
Yukki Nugrahawan Hanafi, Vice Chair, Legal and Communications Coordinator, Indonesia Kadin Organization, said ITH Switzerland is the first collaboration between the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and the European Diaspora to be replicated in various countries. said it was planned.
“The launch of the Swiss ITH is a testament to the successful cooperation between the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KADIN) and our Swiss partners (Pasar Indonesia AG). We would like to thank the Indonesian Embassy in Bern and the Indonesian Ministry of Commerce for their support. In general, we will continue to help Indonesia’s growing trade enter European markets,” Yukki said in a statement in Jakarta on Thursday.
Peresmian ITH Swiss dilakukan Duta Besar RI untuk Switzerland dan Liechtenstein Muliaman Hadad bersama dengan Menteri Koperasi dan UKM Teten Masduki dan dihadiri Atase Perdagangan RI Jenewa di toko Pasar Indonesia, Aargau, Swiss,Kamis(26/1/2023).
“Kami juga memahami perhatian utama para diaspora Indonesia akan tingginya biaya logistik, semoga kita bisa cari solusi bersama terkait isu logistik dimaksud,” lanjut Yukki.
Dalam kesempatan itu Menteri Teten memberikan apresiasi tinggi atas upaya pendirian ITH di Swiss, terutama untuk peluang masuknya produk-produk UMKM Indonesia ke pasar global, khususnya Eropa.
“Saya kira sekarang dengan dukungan teknologi akan cukup mudah membantu penjualan produk-produk Indonesia lewat jaringan diaspora, asal ada partner yang menyediakan warehouse-nya,” kata Teten.
Ia juga memberikan perhatian terhadap pemanfaatan market platform atau marketplace untuk pemasaran produk-produk UMKM Indonesia serta keterhubungannya dengan jejaring ITH, diaspora Indonesia, dan para pelaku pasar di LN. “MSME products are also of high quality and meet international standards, so we hope this will be imitated in various places,” says Teten.
Meanwhile, Ambassador Muriaman hopes that ITH Switzerland will become the gateway to the Swiss and European markets for Indonesian products, both food and non-food.
“Indonesia needs to use Switzerland as a hub for various Indonesian products for the European market and as an implementation of his CEPA agreement between Indonesia and EFTA,” he said.
The inauguration of ITH Switzerland’s establishment followed the signing of the founding of ITH by Arsjad Rasjid, Chairman of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce, on the sidelines of a WEF event held at the Indonesia Pavilion on 24 May. , 2022.
Meanwhile, Pasar Indonesia AG is owned by Catharina Oehler, an Indonesian diaspora who has had a shop in Switzerland since 1999. ****