Trend Thrifting Kian Menjamur, Apsyfi Explains This Danger

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JAKARTA - The Filament Filament Fiber and Benang Producers Association (Apsyfi) said the development of imported clothing grew significantly in Indonesia. This development is very worrying because the production of local clothes is known to continue to decline.

It is known, local clothing manufacturers need textiles for production. Meanwhile, textile producers need fiber and thread raw materials.

The general chairman of Apsyfi, Redma Gita Wiraswasta, said that the trend of used clothing or known for thrifting had actually existed for a long time, then the trend had mushroomed over the past three years.

Based on data held by Apsyfi, before this threatening exploded among young people, the development of imported used clothes in Indonesia was only 5-10 percent.

However, the reality is that current developments have increased by 30 percent. As a result, it makes it difficult for local products to compete in their own country.

"If we look at developments, we are talking about 2018 in the past, it may increase in the range of 5-10 percent. Now, it's up to 30 percent. This is very disturbing to us," said Redma at a press conference in Jakarta, Friday, March 31.

Redma said that at that time, thrifting clothes were only sold in certain shops, such as Cibadak Mal or Cimol located in Bandung. Then, after the thrifting trend began to be liked, especially young people, traders began to move to Gede Bage and are now starting to spread to Pasar Senen, Blok M, to online stores.

"This means that what is worrying is that the growth is getting bigger than this used or second dress," he said.

Meanwhile, if the problem of illegal cloth, said Redma, does not interfere with the production of SMEs because it can be used as raw material for the production of local clothes. However, the use of used clothes faces direct competition with clothes to produce SMEs and can greatly affect the volume and price of production.

The percentage of used clothing growth is very fast from 5 percent to 30 percent, right?

immediately head to head with finished clothes produced by IKM friends. So, it was very, very hard to hit both in terms of volume and price," he concluded.