INDONESIAN DELEGATION VISITS CROATIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

ZAGREB, May 4 (Hina) - An Indonesian delegation, headed by president of the people's advisory assembly Amein Rais, on Thursday held talks with president of the Croatian Chamber of Commerce (HGK) Nasan Vidosevic and representatives of Croatian companies on possible areas of business cooperation between the two countries. This meeting is a great opportunity for new projects said the HGK president, particularly in the field of shipbuilding, oil and gas industry, power industry, and transport. He particularly pointed to the significance of the northern Adriatic port of Rijeka. The Indonesian delegation was presented with business possibilities of their hosts. According to data of the Croatian Bureau for Statistics, the overall exchange between Croatia and Indonesia is modest and in 1999 amounted to US$8.5 million. The export from Croatia was exceptionally small. The exported goods were mostly pharmaceutical products, worth US$203,062. At the same time, Indonesia exported goods to Croatia worth US$8.28, mostly shoes and shoe parts (US$1.65 million). Also exported was coffee, tea and spices (US$1.56 million), PVC (US$971,000), etc. (hina) it jn