Bali`s handicraft exports up 8 pct

Bali`s export of various handicraft goods in the first ten months of 2007 rose 8.6 percent to US$202.8 million from US186.7 million in the same period last year.
Wooden handicraft goods and furniture still dominated the export with a value of US$113.7 million compared to US$105 million in the same period last year, Ni Wayan Kusumawathi, chief of the foreign trade subdivision at the Bali industry and trade office, said on Wednesday.
The European Union, the United States, Japan, and Australia were the main markets for Balinese handicraft goods.