China's imported trucks flooding into Indonesia to hit local brands

The Indonesian Ministry of Transportation has commented on the large number of Chinese imported trucks entering Indonesia, especially in mining areas, and has received numerous reports of problems.The Director General of Land Transportation of the Ministry of Transportation (MoT) said that there is a lot of feedback about vehicles transporting goods in mining areas, which are marked on the list as capital goods rather than general goods, and that this situation needs to be studied as it is important to the public, but that there are no details yet on the MoT's future steps, including possible sanctions. He also pointed out that there is a potential problem of non-applicability.PT Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian Motors' Director of Sales and Marketing said that the company's main demand in the mining sector has seen a decline due to the influx of new heavy-duty truck brands into the mining industry, and that competition in the market has intensified, with the original products suffering. Pointing out that Chinese trucks are flooding the nickel mines in Maluku and Sulawesi, the Minister of Industry encouraged the domestic industry to prepare truck products that meet the specifications of the mining sector as soon as possible, or at least to establish assembly lines in Indonesia first.