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I N D O N E S I A
Batik
Indonesia’s Overwhelming Heritage
What's Inside
One of Indonesia’s cultural richness is its awesome traditional fabrics, created by local craftsmen in various provinces
with batik being the most well-known. There are still many other beautiful ethnic fabrics in this country. Therefore, this
edition of Export News provides huge information on this cultural heritage, which also provides economic potential to
increase the welfare of Indonesian people.
Published by :
DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF
NATIONAL EXPORT DEVELOPMENT
Ministry of Trade of The Republic of Indonesia
Ditjen PEN/MJL/XXVI/01/2016
Export News
I N D O N E S I A
Batik
Indonesia’s Overwhelming Heritage
What's Inside
One of Indonesia’s cultural richness is its awesome traditional fabrics, created by local craftsmen in various provinces
with batik being the most well-known. There are still many other beautiful ethnic fabrics in this country. Therefore, this
edition of Export News provides huge information on this cultural heritage, which also provides economic potential to
increase the welfare of Indonesian people.
02 Editor’s Desk
03 Table of Contents
04 Hot Issue
Batik is only one of numerous
traditional fabrics which come from
Indonesian
06 Market Review
Batik
10 List of Exporters
11 Commercial Attaches
12 Indonesian Trade Promotion Center (ITPC)
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Hot Issue
Batik
Batik is only one of numerous
traditional fabrics which come
from Indonesian. There are still
a number of other ethnic fabrics
such as rangrang, ikat woven,
tapis, songket, ulos, sasirangan,
besurek, and many others.
“Ulos” from North “Besurek” from “Tapis” from Lampung “Gringsing” from Bali
Sumatera Bengkulu
Market Review
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Market Review
Batik
The History The History
Comprehensively, batik is defined as a fabric fabric, for example, guitars, cars, home
decorations, ceramics, and many others.
with ornament (pattern and color) as an
For batik applied on a fabric, it is important
expression of a culture that has symbolic to know the tool used to draw the motifs
meaning which is believed by the local people, or patterns. The original batik uses a
and is created by human resources with specific device called canting to incise liquid wax
called ‘malam’. The process is conducted
skill, by using ‘canting’ and/or stamp to carve a manually by a craftsman, which took
hot liquid wax called ‘malam’ as the color several days or even weeks. Afterwards,
the fabric will be colored by soaking it
into water which has been poured with
In order to gain a proper understanding dye cloth. One soaking process will only
of batik, it is important to know the produce one color. The next stage is sun
correct definition of it. As written in drying. Thus, if there are five colors on a
The Preservation and Development of fabric, then it needs five stages of soaking
National Batik 2012-2025, which serves and sun drying. Therefore, the original
as the blue print for batik development, batik is priced much higher than those
the word batik is formed by combining created by using a tool such as stamp or
two Javanese words: amba (drawing) and printed.
titik (dot). Simply put, batik is defined as
drawing dots. From Local Richness To Become World
Cultural Heritage
Batik products are divided into four Realizing that batik is an invaluable cultural
classifications: fine traditional craft; heritage, the government of Indonesia, in
artisanal craft; commercial craft; and co-operation with the craftsmen, experts,
manufactured craft/mass production entrepreneurs, associations and also
craft. It is also essential to acknowledge societies who care for and love batik,
batik originality through the process attempted to obtain the recognition from
applied and the media used. The media UNESCO (United Nations of Educational,
for batik includes fabric and non- Scientific, and Cultural Organization), that
Jessica Alba
NurZahra collection is showcased in Mercedes-Benz Tokyo Fashion Week 2014
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Indonesian Trade Promotion Center (ITPC)
Barcelona
Calle Aribau 250, Bj.08006 Spain
Phone : (+34) 934144662
Fax : (+34) 934146188 Los Angeles
Email : info@itpc-barcelona.es 3457 Wilshire Boulevard. Suite 101
Website : www.itpc-barcelona.es Los Angeles, CA 90010
Phone : (+213) 3877041
Budapest Fax : (+213)3877047
No. 101, 1st floor, ECE Building, 12 Bajcsy Email : itpcla@sbcglobal.net;
Zsilinszky Street Budapest, 1051 Hungary itpc-usa@kemendag.go.id
Phone : (+36-1) 3176382 Website : www.itpcla.com
Fax : (+36-1) 2660572
Email : inatrade@itpc-bud.hu Lyon
Website : www.itpc-bud.hu 19 Boulevard Eugene Deruelle
69003 Lyon, France
Busan Phone : (+33-4) 78606278
#103, Korea Express Building,1211-1 Choryang Fax : (+33-4) 78606314
Dong, Dong-gu, Busan, South Korea 601-010 Email : itpc.lyon@gmail.com
Phone : (+82-51)4411708 Website : www.itpclyon.fr
31st
Fax : (+82-51)4411629
Email : itpc-kor@kemendag.go.id Mexico City
Website : www.itpc-busan.com Arquímedes No. 130, Oficina 105, Primer piso
Col. Polanco Del. Miguel Hidalgo, C.P. 11570
Chennai Ciudad de México
3rd floor, Ispahani Center, 123/124, Phone : (+52-55) 50836055/57
Nungambakkam High Road Chennai 600034 Fax : (+52-55) 50836056
Phone : (+91-44) 42089196 Email : info@itpcmexicocity.mx
Fax : (+91-44) 42089197 Website : www.itpcmexicocity.mx
Email : itpc.chennai@kemendag.go.id;
itpcchennai@yahoo.com Milan
Website : www.itpcchennai.com Via Vittor Pisani 8, 6th floor, 20124 Milano
Phone : (+39-02) - 36598182
Chicago Fax : (+39-02) - 36598191
670 N Clark Street, 1st floor Chicago, IL 60654 Email : info@itpcmilan.it
Phone : (+312) 6402463
Fax : (+312) 6402648
Email : itpc.chicago@itpcchicago.com
Website : www.itpcmilan.it
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Osaka
Website : www.itpcchicago.com
Dubai
Matsushita IMP Building 2F 1-3-7, Shiromi,
Chuo-ku Osaka 540-6302 Japan Nagahori
Tsurumi Ryokuchi Line
Jakarta, Indonesia
Al Masraf Tower 4th Floor Osaka Business Park St. Exit 4
Office No. 403 Baniyas Road, Deira Phone : (+06) 69473555
P.O. Box 41664 United Arab Emirates Fax : (+06) 69473556
Phone : (+971-4) 2278544 Email : itpc.osaka@kemendag.go.id
Fax : (+971-4) 2278545 Website : www.itpc.or.jp
Email : itpcdxb@emirates.net.ae
Website : www.itpc-dubai.com Santiago
Nueva Tajamar 481, Torre Sur, Oficina 706,
Hamburg Las Condes
Glockengießerwall 17, 20095 Hamburg Phone : (+562) 4410494
Phone : (+49-40) 33313280/81/83 Fax : (+562) 4410495
Fax : (+49-40) 33313282 Email : itpc@itpcsantiago.cl
Email : info@itpchamburg.de Website : www.itpcsantiago.cl
Website : www.itpchamburg.de
Sao Paulo
Jeddah Edificio Park Lane, Alameda Santos
Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia No. 1787- Conj. 111-11o Andar
Jeddah Al-Mualifin street, Al-Rehab District/5, Cerqueira César, ZIP: 01419-002 Brazil
P.O. Box 1021411 Phone : (+55-11)32630472
Phone : (+966-2) 6711271 Fax : (+55-11) 32538126
Fax : (+966-2) 6730205 Email : itpcsp@itpcsp.org
Email : itpc.jed09@gmail.com Website : www.itpcsaopaulo.org
Johannesburg Sydney
7thfloor The Forum, 2 Maude Street, Sandown Level 2, 60 Pitt Street - Sydney
Sandton 2146 South Africa New South Wales 2000 Australia
Phone : (+27-11) 8846240 Phone : (+61-2) 92528783
Fax : (+27-11) 8846242 Fax : (+61-2) 92528784
Email : itpc@itpcjohannesburg.com; Email : trade@itpcsydney.com
info@itpcjohannesburg.com Website : www.itpcsydney.com
Website : www.itpcjohannesburg.com
Vancouver
Lagos 567 Seymour Street
5B, Anifowoshe Street, Off Odeola Odeku Vancouver, BC V6B 3H6, Canada
Street Victoria Island, Nigeria Phone : (+1-604) 6966322, 5595021
Phone : (+234-1) 4619865 Fax : (+1-604) 5595022
Fax : (+234-1) 4619862 Email : itpc@indonesiavancouver.org
Email : itpclagos@yahoo.co.id; Website : www.itpcvancouver.com
info@itpclgs.com
Website
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