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INDONESIA ASKS TURKEY TO REVIEW PLANNED SAFEGUARD FOR MATCHES
Geneva, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government has asked Turkey to reconsider the plan to impose a safeguard on the import of matches by imposing an extra import duty on December 20, 2010.
"We will send a team for preliminary consultation, as the case has yet to be completed," Indonesian Minister of Trade Mari Elka Pangestu said in Geneva, Switzerland Wednesday.
She made the statement at a bilateral meeting with her Turkish counterpart on the sidelines of the 7th WTO ministerial conference in Geneva.
The Turkish government is currently imposing a 64 US dollar cent preliminary safeguard import duty on Indonesian matches per kg. The final import duty will be set on December 20, 2010.
The Turkish trade protection authorities started an investigation for the imposition of the safeguard on matches on July 2, 2009.
The Turkish government had noted an increase in Indonesia`s export of wooden matches (HS No 360500) to Turkey in the 2005-2008 period.
The increase in the imports has caused a loss to the industries in Turkey, and several companies producing similar products had even been closed down.
Besides Indonesia, countries which had also been exporting their wooden matches to Turkey, which will also be affected by the Turkish safeguard policy, are India, China, Germany, Poland, Hungary, and Sweden.
According to the Indonesian Ministry of Trade, the market share of the export of matches from Indonesian to Turkey reached 74 percent of the total imports in the accusing country in 2008. The Indonesian company which had been accused of conducting the safeguard is PT Java Match Factory (Jamafac).
Besides discussing the safeguard policy, the Indonesian trade minister also asked the Turkey government to review its dumping investigation of Indonesia`s synthetic yard products exported in the 2004-2006 period, which had increased significantly, since January 11, 2009.
Indonesia`s yarn exports to Turkey in the 2004-2006 period had increased rapidly by 59 million US dollars in 2004, and 61.68 million US dollars in 2005, and 72.7 million dollars in 2006.
Indonesia`s yarn exports to Turkey in 2004 and 2005 reached 31 million kg, and in 2006 increased slightly to 32 million kg.
Besides yarn, Indonesia is also facing a similar accusation of its polyester textured yarn which had been initiated by Turkey since December 5, 2007. The exports had been carried out by PT Indorama and PT Polifin Canggih.
Indonesia`s market share of polyester textured yarn in Turkey reached 15.6 million US dollars.
Indonesia`s exports to Turkey in 2004 reached 5.5 million US dollars, which increased to 16.9 million dollars in 2005, and further to 26.4 million dollars in 2006.
On the occasion, Pangestu said, Tukey has also asked Indonesia to reconsider the still ongoing investigation of the dumping of wheat flour.
"We have said that the case will be handled in accordance with WTO regulations," she said.
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"We will send a team for preliminary consultation, as the case has yet to be completed," Indonesian Minister of Trade Mari Elka Pangestu said in Geneva, Switzerland Wednesday.
She made the statement at a bilateral meeting with her Turkish counterpart on the sidelines of the 7th WTO ministerial conference in Geneva.
The Turkish government is currently imposing a 64 US dollar cent preliminary safeguard import duty on Indonesian matches per kg. The final import duty will be set on December 20, 2010.
The Turkish trade protection authorities started an investigation for the imposition of the safeguard on matches on July 2, 2009.
The Turkish government had noted an increase in Indonesia`s export of wooden matches (HS No 360500) to Turkey in the 2005-2008 period.
The increase in the imports has caused a loss to the industries in Turkey, and several companies producing similar products had even been closed down.
Besides Indonesia, countries which had also been exporting their wooden matches to Turkey, which will also be affected by the Turkish safeguard policy, are India, China, Germany, Poland, Hungary, and Sweden.
According to the Indonesian Ministry of Trade, the market share of the export of matches from Indonesian to Turkey reached 74 percent of the total imports in the accusing country in 2008. The Indonesian company which had been accused of conducting the safeguard is PT Java Match Factory (Jamafac).
Besides discussing the safeguard policy, the Indonesian trade minister also asked the Turkey government to review its dumping investigation of Indonesia`s synthetic yard products exported in the 2004-2006 period, which had increased significantly, since January 11, 2009.
Indonesia`s yarn exports to Turkey in the 2004-2006 period had increased rapidly by 59 million US dollars in 2004, and 61.68 million US dollars in 2005, and 72.7 million dollars in 2006.
Indonesia`s yarn exports to Turkey in 2004 and 2005 reached 31 million kg, and in 2006 increased slightly to 32 million kg.
Besides yarn, Indonesia is also facing a similar accusation of its polyester textured yarn which had been initiated by Turkey since December 5, 2007. The exports had been carried out by PT Indorama and PT Polifin Canggih.
Indonesia`s market share of polyester textured yarn in Turkey reached 15.6 million US dollars.
Indonesia`s exports to Turkey in 2004 reached 5.5 million US dollars, which increased to 16.9 million dollars in 2005, and further to 26.4 million dollars in 2006.
On the occasion, Pangestu said, Tukey has also asked Indonesia to reconsider the still ongoing investigation of the dumping of wheat flour.
"We have said that the case will be handled in accordance with WTO regulations," she said.
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