#Craft Industry
INACRAFT 2025 highlights youthpreneurs, sustainability
The annual Jakarta International Handicraft Trade Fair (INACRAFT), Southeast Asia’s largest handicraft exhibition, returned this week with its October edition, spotlighting the rise of young entrepreneurs as drivers of Indonesia’s creative economy.
Inacraft targets global expansion amid declining revenue
Despite a decline in revenue targets, organizers of Inacraft, Indonesia’s largest handicraft exhibition, remain confident in the resilience of both participants and international buyers as they prepare to expand the event globally.
Balinese handicraft exporters adapt to shifting global trade, consumer trends
Once a consistent foreign exchange contributor, Bali’s woodcraft export industry is now navigating choppy waters in line with the cautious “wait-and-see” mode taken by American buyers following the increased import costs imposed by the United States government although the North American country has remained a major market for Balinese handicrafts.
Craft industry pushes for export diversification, digital transformation
Amid rising concerns over the U.S. reciprocal tariff policy targeting Indonesian goods, the Indonesian Handicraft Exporters and Producers Association (ASEPHI) held a leadership meeting on Monday, April 28, 2025, to address the impact of international trade dynamics on the country’s labor-intensive creative sector.