Heaptalk, Jakarta — Indonesia’s Trade Minister, Zulkifli ‘Zulhas’ Hasan, opened the organizing of the 2024 IndoBeauty Expo on Wednesday (07/31).
Situated at Hall C1 and Hall C2 at JIExpo Kemayoran, Jakarta, the international B2B exhibition presents various products, technologies, and beauty care services from twelve countries, including New Zealand, UAE, China, South Korea, the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, India, Taiwan, and also Indonesia.
Trade Minister Zulkifli ‘Zulhas’ Hasan, in his opening remarks, said that beauty industry becomes one of Trade Ministry’s top priority industries.
He underscored the need to strengthen domestic production and support the local players through several actions.
“Trade Ministry has formed a task force to control the number of imported products and impose double tax duties for imported products, including Antidumping duties and import duties security measures. This measure is conducted to protect national industry,” stated Zulhas.
Regarding the organizing of IndoBeauty Expo, Zulhas appreciated the organizer and the association as the initiators to create a platform which connects both raw material producers, buyers, distributors, and all stakeholders in the industry.
During the opening ceremony of IndoBeauty Expo, CEO of Krista Exhibitions Daud Salim, in front of Trade Minister Zulkifli Hasan, reported about the exponential growth in beauty industry.
“The beauty industry really demonstrated significant growth. Interestingly, this industry flourished during the pandemic. Even, today, from a total of 170 exhibitors, there are 30 startups participate in this expo,” stated Daud in the Opening Ceremony of IndoBeauty Expo 2024.
According to Daud, the organizing of the international beauty expo is expected to strengthen the industry by presenting not only finished product, but also raw material, innovative packaging, parfum, hair care, cosmetics, health supplement, Spa and Wellness Clinic, Dermatology device, machinery for beauty clinic, and more.
“For beauty products, packaging is important to attract consumers. Thus, this expo is hoped to assist the innovation of the national industry, in terms of packaging, and more,” stated Daud.
For information, IndoBeauty Expo 2024 is held from 31 July to 2 August 2024 and eyes over 10,000 visitors.
