ONLY 29 OF RI'S ELECTRIC, ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS MEET ASEAN STANDARDS

Jakarta, Feb 8 (ANTARA) - Indonesia until now only has 29 electric and electronic products that meet ASEAN standards whereas 199 of its products must be standardized by early 2011, Trade Minister Mari Elka Pangestu said.

Pangestu here Monday reminded the Industry Ministry to immediately meet the target of standard
harmonization for electric and electronic products
as agreed on by ASEAN member countries in December 2005.

"The schedule for standardization was agreed on whereby at the end of 2010 at the latest our electric and electronic products must meet the standards," the minister said, adding it was the task of the technical ministries to meet the requirement.
The minister said, perhaps Indonesia was not the only country that was late in meeting the standardization schedule.

"We should check if other countries also experience such a delay. The important thing is we should achieve the target as soon as possible," she said.

Until now, with 29 electric and electronic goods meeting the ASEAN standards, Indonesia ranked fourth in terms of ability to
meet the regional organization's requirement.
Malaysia with 156 of its 199 products which had met the ASEAN standards was the most ready country of the grouping to achieve the target.

ASEAN groups Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, The Philippines and Vietnam.

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