REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, DENPASAR -- Bali's exports of handicraft products to Australia have continued to increase amid political disharmony between the two neighboring countries over the execution of two Australia drug convicts.

Indonesia executed a number of death row convict including Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran from Australia last month.

"Despite the political uproar there are always orders from working partners in Australia," Made Parsua, handicraft makers in Gianyar said on Monday.

Made said the Central Bureau of Statistics of Bali recorded earning from exports to Australia rose 16.83 percent from US$7.9 million to US$9.2 million in the first three months of 2015.

This indicated that the Australian people especially business people had little concern for the politics over the execution of the drug convicts, Parsua said.

Handicraft exports by Bali mainly in silverware were valued at US$6.3 million in March including 15.11 percent of which were from exports to Australia.

The highest exports in value were to Singapore accounting for 26 percent that month.

Consumers in Australia also had large imports of garments from Bali , garment makers in Bali said.

Australian tourists also continue to flock to Bali many of them buying handicraft products.

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