Textile Producers Flooded with Election Orders

Tuesday, 24 February, 2009 | 13:08 WIB 

TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:The sales of textile and textile products have increased by almost 15 percent because of the 2009 Election momentum. 

Ernovian G. Ismy, the Indonesian Textile Association Secretary General, said that orders from the elections had gone up by between 10 percent and 40 percent compared to the previous election. 

“The demand previously increased by 30 percent,” said Ernovian at the Industry Department in Jakarta, yesterday (23/2). 

According to Ernovian, one party that has ordered in large quantities is Gerindra, which has ordered tee shirts and banners. 

The party ordered five million tee shirts--costing Rp7.000 each--from a textile producer in Bandung, West Java. 

Benny Soetrisno, the Indonesian Textile Association Chairman, said he hoped members would earn Rp5 trillion from the election. 

He stressed however that his association members have requested cash payments. 

“We do not accept payment in installments. We only make orders according to the amount paid,” said Benny. 

The reason for this, he continued, was because in the previous election many textile producers suffered financial losses as there were some parties that failed to pay the amounts required. 

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