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BI supported MBIC on MSMEs to increase West Kalimantan exports
WINDONESIA January 12, 2025
BI West Kalimantan Head N.A. Anggini Sari when she served as a speaker for an MBIC activity at the West Kalimantan Governor's Office's pavillion in Pontianak City on Dec. 7, 2024. (RRI/Harmanta)
Bank Indonesia (BI) West Kalimantan Province Representative Office gave their support for the Management Business Innovation Conference (MBIC) with "Strengthening Local Branding of MSMEs to Increase West Kalimantan Exports" as its theme. BI itself has programs to improve micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), and relevant to the MBIC's theme is the fact that some MSMEs which BI fostered have gone on to export their products.
"The improvements [and] challenges that we have conveyed as speakers [include] improvements in the financing aspect and the existence of [BI's] Go Export [and Go Digital] programs. BI, all agencies, and academics could seek solutions to improve MSMEs in West Kalimantan together," stated BI West Kalimantan Head N.A. Anggini Sari when she served as a speaker MBIC activity at the West Kalimantan Governor's Office's pavillion in Pontianak City on Dec. 7, 2024.
Anggini said that she is also committed to continuing to improve the development of MSMEs in West Kalimantan.
During the same occasion, Finance Ministry Customs and Excise Directorate-General West Kalimantan Province Regional Office (West Kalimantan Customs) Head Imik Eko Putro stated that there are 225,000 MSMEs recorded in West Kalimantan based on West Kalimantan MSMEs data in 2024, with 165,000 recorded in an integrated manner.
"So that's a fairly large number compared to 200,000 in the previous year. The potential for superior MSME products in West Kalimantan are largely from plantation products. Chips from bananas, for example," he explained.
Imik observed that the products must continue to be monitored due to their potential to be developed for trade, as West Kalimantan is a border area neighbouring Malaysia's Sarawak. He encourages MSMEs to learn how to export if they want more added value from their products.
"[West Kalimantan] Customs is ready to collaborate with the [West Kalimantan] Provincial Government as well as regency and city governments of West Kalimantan," he concluded.
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