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HOME-MADE TEXTILE SALES IN DOMESTIC MARKET UP 20 PCT
Jakarta, March 31 (ANTARA) - Domestic sales of textiles and textile products made in Indonesia in the last three months increased by about 15 to 20 percent as a result of the government`s policy to tighten import of five manufactured commodities, including textile products, a textile businessman said.
"The trade ministry`s efforts to regulate the entry of foreign-made garments and other kinds of clothes have boosted the sales of domestic textile products by 15-20 percent," Benny Sutrisno, chairman of the Indonesian Textile Association (API), said here on Tuesday.
At the end of last year, the government issued Trade Minister`s Decree No.56 which limited import of five manufactured commodities, namely textile and textile products, footwear, electronics, foods, beverages and toys.
The five commodities may be imported only through five designated seaports and two airports. They could be imported by registered importers only.
The five seaports are Tanjung Priok of Jakarta, Tanjung Perak of Surabaya, East Java, Tanjung Emas of Semarang, Central Java, Belawan of Medan, North Sumatra and Makassar of South Sulawesi. While the two airports are the Soekarno-Hatta of Jakarta and Juanda of Surabaya.
Benny said that according to API`s calculations, the textile market at home was capable of absorbing textiles and textile products worth four trillion rupiahs per month.
But since the government`s policy to tighten import of the five commodities, the sales of textile and textile products at home increased to about Rp4.6 trillion to Rp5 trillion, he said.
Besides, he said, campaign activities by political parties in the run-up to the legislative elections on April 9, 2009, had also helped boost the sale of home-made textiles and textile products in the domestic market.
He said that political parties purchase of cloth for flags and T-shirts had driven up the textile sales at home.
"There is a jump in the demand for textiles for the production of flags and T-shirts," the API chairman said.***2***
"The trade ministry`s efforts to regulate the entry of foreign-made garments and other kinds of clothes have boosted the sales of domestic textile products by 15-20 percent," Benny Sutrisno, chairman of the Indonesian Textile Association (API), said here on Tuesday.
At the end of last year, the government issued Trade Minister`s Decree No.56 which limited import of five manufactured commodities, namely textile and textile products, footwear, electronics, foods, beverages and toys.
The five commodities may be imported only through five designated seaports and two airports. They could be imported by registered importers only.
The five seaports are Tanjung Priok of Jakarta, Tanjung Perak of Surabaya, East Java, Tanjung Emas of Semarang, Central Java, Belawan of Medan, North Sumatra and Makassar of South Sulawesi. While the two airports are the Soekarno-Hatta of Jakarta and Juanda of Surabaya.
Benny said that according to API`s calculations, the textile market at home was capable of absorbing textiles and textile products worth four trillion rupiahs per month.
But since the government`s policy to tighten import of the five commodities, the sales of textile and textile products at home increased to about Rp4.6 trillion to Rp5 trillion, he said.
Besides, he said, campaign activities by political parties in the run-up to the legislative elections on April 9, 2009, had also helped boost the sale of home-made textiles and textile products in the domestic market.
He said that political parties purchase of cloth for flags and T-shirts had driven up the textile sales at home.
"There is a jump in the demand for textiles for the production of flags and T-shirts," the API chairman said.***2***
