A number of Indonesian wood and rattan furniture products had been displayed in an international trade fair “Kyrgyztan-2007″ held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzatan, on April 26-30, 2007, the Indonesian Embassy in Tashkent said.
Visitors of the exhibition were impressed to see the Indonesian furniture products which they viewed as exotic and different from those of other countries, [...]

Indonesia`s wooden furniture exports have continued to decline in volume over the past three years although world demand is increasing, Industry Minister Fahmi Idris said here on Wednesday.
Due to the decline in exports, the utility rate of the industry`s capacity had also dropped, the minister said in a written speech read by the director general [...]

The Crowded House has just opened its doors at 1927 N. Gilbert Road, Suite 1, in Mesa. The store carries upholstered and leather furniture, dining and bedroom sets and armoires and entertainment centers.
The store specializes in imported furniture that has an Old World feel and carries items from such countries as Indonesia, Peru and Belize.
Owned [...]

Furniture makers must diversify their raw materials and begin moving away from teak, mahogany and rattan, to cope with acute shortages of these materials, an industry official says.
“Rather than relying on conventional materials whose prices continue to increase, I think the local industry should use substitutes such as coconut, jackfruit and durian trees,” said Sae [...]

Indonesia’s furniture industry is losing its market share to imported products as it faces increasingly tougher competition on the international market due to the influx of products from other Asian countries, particularly China, which has now become the world’s largest producer.
Sae Tanangga Karim, executive director of the Indonesian Furniture Industry and Handicraft Association (Asmindo) said [...]

Eight companies from Central Java Province will take part in `Isaloni` Furniture Exhibition in Milan, Italy, from March 5 to 10, 2006.
“The eight companies are from Semarang, Solo and Jepara,” a spokesman of Central Java`s trade service Bambang Priyono said here Thursday.
The companies have shipped their products such as furniture and wood tiles to Italy [...]

Business makers have predicted that the Indonesian furniture market will regain strength in the second quarter of 2006 after experiencing a gloomy period following a hike in fuel oil prices in October last year.
Chief executive officer of PT Garant Meubel Indonesia (GMI) Andy Setiawan said here on Friday that the fuel oil price hikes last [...]

Many furniture businesses in the Indonesian province of East Java are under threat of bankruptcy due to surging production costs, an executive said.
“The rise in fuel oil prices coupled with higher wood prices and electricity tariffs is quite burdensome. If the condition continues, more and more furniture businesses will go bankrupt,” Chief of the East [...]

A Malaysian company, Bandar Development Berhard, would invest in furniture industry in Indonesia, said Indonesian Agriculture Minister Anton Apriantono here Wednesday.
Minister Apriantono and Industry Minister Fahmi Idris accompanied President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono when receiving Bandar Development Berhard Chairman Dato Mohammad Muis and its share holder Dato Seri Akbar Khan at the presidential palace here Wednesday.
The [...]

The forestry industry in Indonesia contributes a large portion to Indonesia’s overall economic strategy. The forestry industry is supported by abundant natural resources. The tropical climate provides a healthy environment for the planting of various species of woods such as teak, mahogany, bengkirai, merbau, meranti, and many other types of wood. Abundant natural resources, [...]