The government is tightening regulations on imported goods, one of which is textile products. This is to encourage the textile industry which is experiencing layoffs. "They are given additional convenience to sell domestically, currently they are given 50% export, and if they sell below 50% for export then they are given a letter of recommendation from the Ministry of Industry," said Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga in a press statement after the Internal Meeting in Jakarta, Thursday (6/10/2023). Therefore, the Minister of Industry Regulations related to the textile industry also need to be revised or created new ones.
"Then another policy that is being pushed is used clothing. Because used clothing is prohibited, its distribution needs to be prohibited and the Minister of Trade will include it in the revision of the Minister of Trade Regulation," said Airlangga.
Furthermore, regarding imports of entrusted goods or entrusted services. This is a tightening at ports, with the cooperation of the Director General of Immigration.
"Don't let people work back and forth just to import services for entrusted goods and the Ministry of Finance has made regulations for free distances of entrusted goods below USD 500, the rest of which is of course subject to import duties," said Airlangga.
Meanwhile, another issue is the formation of a Task Force consisting of the National Police, Customs, Ministry of Trade, Ministry of Industry, SME Cooperatives, Communications and Information Technology and the Quarantine Agency. And it also needs to be strengthened regarding digital, institutions related to consumer protection agencies, then the KPPU so that they can guard against unfair practices in the digital sector.
"As well as the imposition of all standards, both SNI, BPOM, and halal certification for the e-commerce sector. And specifically for the textile industry, it will be followed up with a policy for restructuring through KSSK, through banking so that the textile industry can compete and reduce or avoid layoffs," concluded Airlangga.
