JAKARTA Minister of Finance (Menkeu) Sri Mulyani does not deny any indication of an increase in imports of used clothes entering Indonesia or commonly called bale pressed. According to him, this is reflected in the actions taken by the ranks of the Ministry of Finance, especially the Directorate General of Customs and Excise.
"The Customs and Excise has taken action against 563 bale pressed with an estimated loss of Rp53.6 billion," he said during a meeting of Commission XI of the DPR in Jakarta regarding the evaluation of the Bureaucratic Reform of the Ministry of Finance, Monday, March 27.
The Minister of Finance explained that this figure is an accumulation in the last few years.
"This is an action from 2020 to 2023," he said.
The state treasurer also said that the import of used clothing was included in the textile category and textile product.
In terms of portion, the goods contributed quite a large amount to the amount of action taken by Customs and Excise this year, which was around 2 percent. The item only lost to the category of tobacco, liquor, and narcotics.
strategic issues or challenges in law enforcement include the large number of rat ports found on the east coast, smuggling modes using high speed craft and transipulation, he said.
"As well as the area of supervision, as well as access to several vulnerable monitoring points are still difficult. This is what we will do to cooperate with other ministries and institutions," said the Minister of Finance.
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