Indonesia’s creative economy ranks third in GDP contribution
Indonesia’s creative economy industry has been ranked third in the world in terms of its contribution to the national GDP, said an Indonesian minister during a webinar for pushing half a million new exporters in Jakarta earlier this week.
Fashion is the creative economy sub-sector with the highest contribution to GDP in Indonesia. (Photo: VNA)
Jakarta (VNA) – Indonesia’s creative economyindustry has been ranked third in the world in terms of its contribution to thenational GDP, said an Indonesian minister during a webinar for pushing half amillion new exporters in Jakarta earlier this week.
The United States is currently ranked first with itsHollywood film industry, followed by the Republic of Korea with its K-Popindustry, Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Salahuddin Unosaid.
Fashion has so far remained the creative economysub-sector with the highest contribution, 9 billion USD, to Indonesia’s GDP,the minister informed. Meanwhile, the handicrafts industry contributes 4.9billion USD and the culinary industry 1 billion USD, he added.
The culinary industry's contribution to the GDP isrelatively low, Uno observed. As a matter of fact, Indonesia has a variety ofnational foods, including rendang, the scrumptious meat dish from West Sumatra,crowned the Best Food in CNN's World's 50 Best Foods, he noted.
He called for boosting the export of culinary products,saying it must be raised at least five times to catch up with fashion andhandicrafts, which are growing significantly.
The Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy is running aprogramme to provide incentives to creative economic players in order to helpthem penetrate into export markets, he added./.
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Fashion is the creative economy sub-sector with the highest contribution to GDP in Indonesia. (Photo: VNA)
