okezone: Indonesia Employers Most Optimistic in Asia

JAKARTA - export and import business actors in Indonesia turned out to have the highest level of optimism in Asia. It is said, in the next six months, the volume of international trade will continue to increase.

This is revealed in a survey conducted Connection HSBC Trade Report 2011, from HSBC Trade Confidence Index (TCI) and HSBC Trade Forecast. Optimism exporters and importers Indonesia, rose to 144 points. This makes Indonesia the most optimistic traders among the countries in the survey.

"Indonesia also ranked fourth country with the highest growth forecast up to 2025 after Egypt, India, and Vietnam, with an average trading volume growth of 7.3 percent per year," said HSBC's Head of Trade Indonesia Nirmala Salli said in a statement on Thursday (20/10/2011)

Within 15 years, total trade growth in Indonesia is predicted to rise 144 percent, driven by commodity exports. At that time, Indonesia's trade value will reach Rp619, 6 billion, up from its position in the last year for USD280, 4 billion.

"Asia trade corridor will rise 96 percent to $ 14 trillion in 2025 and became the main driver of growth in world trade. Four developing countries in Asia namely Indonesia, India, Vietnam and China entered the top five countries with the highest rates of trade growth," said Nirmala.

Executors export-import activity Indonesia also shows that China and ASEAN partners, still the country's main export destination in the next six months than Germany.

"For the importers, their main partners are China, Singapore, Japan, America and Malaysia. As for Japan, China, America, Singapore and Korea are major exporters of Indonesian partners," he explained.

HSBC also said, two things that inhibit the export-import activities of Indonesia is the fluctuation of exchange rates and regulations. Besides also reduced demand for their products.

"Trafficking in Indonesia at the end of 2010 accounted for one percent of the total volume of international trade. With trade growth rate of 7.3 percent per year, this figure is predicted to increase to 13 percent in 15 years," said Nirmala.

For information, HSBC Trade Confidence Index is the six-monthly survey with 21 countries in the Asia-Pacific, Middle East, America and Europe as a sample.

This poll involving approximately 6300 companies that have export-import activity. Respondents, asked their views during the six months ahead of trading volume, risk transactions from trading partners, needs and access to trade finance (trade financing), as well as the effect of currency fluctuations and trade regulations.

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