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Fri, 10/10/2008 - 21:12
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GOVT TO SET UP TASK FORCE TO PREVENT ILLEGAL GOODS DISTRIBUTION
Jakarta, Oct 10 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government will set up a special task force to prevent illegal goods distribution and protect local products to make them able to compete in the domestic market, a senior trade official said here on Friday.
The director general of domestic trade, Subagyo, said "our staff will determine consumer goods which may be imported with regard to prioritizing use of domestic products. Control of entry points which are potential to be used for sending in illegal products will be tightened."
He said increased supervision on imported goods and distribution of consumer goods at home had to be done to maintain competitiveness of the local products in the face of possible flows of imported goods as a result of diversion of exports following current global crisis.
"This is part of the duty of how to make all business players willing to exploit the existing market potential at home and to prevent it from being taken over by other countries," he said.
The director of supervision of goods and services distribution, Syahrul Sampurna Jaya, said the taskforce would have members from various offices concerned.
"They come from the Drugs and Food Control Agency, the ministry of agriculture, the customs office and the police," he said.
He said he hoped the taskforce would make coordination among the offices concerned on the supervision of goods distribution more effective. "Similar teams will also be established in the regions," he said.
Syahrul said every office had already taken measures to tighten control of imported goods or goods distribution.
"The customs office has said it would close 47 ports in Batam and only two ports will be allowed for importing. They are also tightening supervision of private ports," he said.
The trade ministry, he said, is currently discussing a imported goods labelling regulation to make it easier for the customs office to prevent illegal goods from entering the country.
"We will also increase allocation of funds for the supervision of goods distribution from Rp11 billion this year to Rp20 to Rp25 billion to make us able to conduct more field inspections," he said.
The trade ministry will also increase the number of prosecutor public servants now numbering only 1,400 to control goods distribution and services.
"Their ideal number is around 14,000 for the whole country," he said.
He said the trade ministry was also just improving the ministerial decree on goods and service distribution. "The coverage will be extended to include essential goods, goods that are under trade order and goods under special supervision," he said.
So far only products that have to have SNI (National Industrial Standard) as well as drugs and foods and beverages that are put under supervision, he said.
The director general of domestic trade, Subagyo, said "our staff will determine consumer goods which may be imported with regard to prioritizing use of domestic products. Control of entry points which are potential to be used for sending in illegal products will be tightened."
He said increased supervision on imported goods and distribution of consumer goods at home had to be done to maintain competitiveness of the local products in the face of possible flows of imported goods as a result of diversion of exports following current global crisis.
"This is part of the duty of how to make all business players willing to exploit the existing market potential at home and to prevent it from being taken over by other countries," he said.
The director of supervision of goods and services distribution, Syahrul Sampurna Jaya, said the taskforce would have members from various offices concerned.
"They come from the Drugs and Food Control Agency, the ministry of agriculture, the customs office and the police," he said.
He said he hoped the taskforce would make coordination among the offices concerned on the supervision of goods distribution more effective. "Similar teams will also be established in the regions," he said.
Syahrul said every office had already taken measures to tighten control of imported goods or goods distribution.
"The customs office has said it would close 47 ports in Batam and only two ports will be allowed for importing. They are also tightening supervision of private ports," he said.
The trade ministry, he said, is currently discussing a imported goods labelling regulation to make it easier for the customs office to prevent illegal goods from entering the country.
"We will also increase allocation of funds for the supervision of goods distribution from Rp11 billion this year to Rp20 to Rp25 billion to make us able to conduct more field inspections," he said.
The trade ministry will also increase the number of prosecutor public servants now numbering only 1,400 to control goods distribution and services.
"Their ideal number is around 14,000 for the whole country," he said.
He said the trade ministry was also just improving the ministerial decree on goods and service distribution. "The coverage will be extended to include essential goods, goods that are under trade order and goods under special supervision," he said.
So far only products that have to have SNI (National Industrial Standard) as well as drugs and foods and beverages that are put under supervision, he said.
