Rattan Furniture Made by Cirebon UKM Goes Through the US to Europe: https://money.kompas.com/read/2020/11/07/171700626/furniture-rotan-buatan-ukm-cirebon-ini-tembus-as-hingga-eropa?page=all/7 November 2020
Minister of Trade (Mendag) Agus Suparmanto released the export of rattan furniture produced by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) from Cirebon. These exports are expected to boost Indonesia's trade performance amid the threat of a global recession. The export release of products made by CV Nagam Rattan, CV Cipta Abadi, and CV Hanif Rattan was carried out on Thursday (5/11/2020). A total of 40 containers of rattan products are sent to the United States (US), Canada, Japan, South Korea, Australia, as well as European Union countries such as Germany, France, Italy and Denmark.

We welcome the success of rattan business actors to gain a place in the global market. We hope that the determination and struggle of these SME exporters from Cirebon will be able to motivate exporters, especially SME entrepreneurs throughout Indonesia, so that they can boost Indonesia's non-oil and gas export performance," said Agus. official statement, Saturday (11/7/2020).

Cirebon Becomes Rattan Furniture Raw Material Center: https://industri.kontan.co.id/news/cirebon-menjadi-pusat-bahan-baku-mebel-rotan/25 October 2017
The Ministry of Industry continues to spur the development of the furniture industry because it is an export-oriented labor-intensive sector and also prepares Cirebon to become one of the centers for the supply of rattan as a raw material for national furniture and handicraft production.

Director General of Agro Industry, Panggah Susanto said that Cirebon has a lot of potential furniture and craft industries. In order to integrated with the needs of its raw materials, it needs to be used as a center for rattan stockpile so that farmers and entrepreneurs can be mutually beneficial. The furniture industry must be a national leading sector because it has the power to be competitive at the global level. Nearly 85% of its raw materials such as rattan are supplied from the country. Therefore, for this industry to advance, there is no need to export raw materials, but focus on increasing its added value through the downstream program.