The Minister of Cooperatives and SMEs (MenKopUKM) has requested the Ministry of Trade (Kemendag) to further strengthen control over the flow of imported goods, especially finished products or consumer goods, in order to protect local products from the impact of imported goods.The government is pushing for trade regulations to tighten the inflow of goods, particularly consumer goods. However, supervision must be carried out because the inflow of goods may occur legally or illegally; the government will continue to work to protect local products. He also expressed concern about the current free trade system implemented in Indonesia, believing that if free trade does not regulate the inflow volume, local products could become increasingly eroded and lose competitiveness compared to imported goods. For this reason, he has several methods to ensure Indonesian MSMEs remain competitive, one of which is establishing joint production factories or shared factories. The government continues to strive to protect local products, local brands, and domestic products from competition with foreign goods produced at very low costs, which may also lead to dumping practices.
Earlier, the Minister of Trade revealed a new model for selling illegal imported goods, one of which is carried out by foreigners (WNA) using warehouses as storage and sales headquarters. This model has been widely used. He disclosed this during an inspection of illegal imported goods in a warehouse area in North Jakarta the other day. From the investigation results, this foreigner was the first perpetrator found by the task force responsible for illegal imported goods worth IDR 40 billion. Therefore, the Ministry of Trade, together with the task force, also asks mayors, regents, governors, and regional office heads to try to monitor and immediately report to the government because they have received too many reports; each province may have 30-40 large warehouse tenants operating online like this. The foreigner's mode of operation in Indonesia is importing illegal goods without permits, not using SNI, not using any type of HS code; the government is also puzzled as to how the goods arrived here.
The Minister of Cooperatives and SMEs (MenKopUKM) has requested the Ministry of Trade (Kemendag) to further strengthen control over the flow of imported goods, especially finished products or consumer goods, in order to protect local products from the impact of imported goods.The government is pushing for trade regulations to tighten the inflow of goods, particularly consumer goods. However, supervision must be carried out because the inflow of goods may occur legally or illegally; the government will continue to work to protect local products. He also expressed concern about the current free trade system implemented in Indonesia, believing that if free trade does not regulate the inflow volume, local products could become increasingly eroded and lose competitiveness compared to imported goods. For this reason, he has several methods to ensure Indonesian MSMEs remain competitive, one of which is establishing joint production factories or shared factories. The government continues to strive to protect local products, local brands, and domestic products from competition with foreign goods produced at very low costs, which may also lead to dumping practices.
Earlier, the Minister of Trade revealed a new model for selling illegal imported goods, one of which is carried out by foreigners (WNA) using warehouses as storage and sales headquarters. This model has been widely used. He disclosed this during an inspection of illegal imported goods in a warehouse area in North Jakarta the other day. From the investigation results, this foreigner was the first perpetrator found by the task force responsible for illegal imported goods worth IDR 40 billion. Therefore, the Ministry of Trade, together with the task force, also asks mayors, regents, governors, and regional office heads to try to monitor and immediately report to the government because they have received too many reports; each province may have 30-40 large warehouse tenants operating online like this. The foreigner's mode of operation in Indonesia is importing illegal goods without permits, not using SNI, not using any type of HS code; the government is also puzzled as to how the goods arrived here.