How Indonesian Surveyors Fortify Illegal Textile Imports

JAKARTA - PT Surveyor Indonesia (PTSI) seeks to fortify Indonesia from the invasion of illegal imported products, including textile products. You do this by improving the Verification or Technical Import Search (VPTI) service.

The President Director of PTSI, Sandry Pasambuna, highlighted the rise of imported goods illegally entered Indonesia. Including fabric and textile products. He said the attack on illegal imported goods made several textile companies in Indonesia unable to operate anymore.

"Here, the role of Surveyor Indonesia as The Guardian off Assurance will ensure that there are no more illegal importers as happened before," he said, quoted on Tuesday, December 31.

Sandry said to verify this, Surveyor Indonesia will cooperate with PT SUCOFINDO. This includes coordinating with the Ministry of Trade (Kemendag).

Furthermore, he explained that with VPTI, goods that enter Indonesia must obtain a permit from the Ministry of Trade. Specifications and volume of goods must also be in accordance with applicable regulations.

These goods that come in need to be handled strictly. Indonesia is an archipelagic country, so that there are many potential open ports," he said.

Meanwhile, PTSI Commercial Director Saifuddin Wijaya explained that KSO VPTI had been formed since 2022. Currently, 43 commodities have been traced. He said the number would still increase.

"So this VPTI is to ensure that the incoming goods are in accordance with the government's scheme, we call this a limited prohibition (laltas), so this is what is really limited, not imports in general," he said.

In the future, continued Saifuddin, VPTI will also examine aspects of halal import products. Especially imports of food and beverage products.

"Currently there is a discussion or discussion to provide provisions regarding mandatory halal to imported goods entering Indonesia," said Saifuddin.

However, Saifuddin explained that the government is still discussing the mandatory halal implementation of imported products.

"This requires a lot of preparation, a lot to be rolled out, because the government intends to keep the food consumed in Indonesia meeting the halal criteria," he said.

Even so, Saifuddin said that PTSI had carried out halal verification of food and beverage products from various countries. Starting from China, South Korea, Thailand, Japan, and Vietnam.

According to Saifuddin, the demand for halal examination of food and beverage products continues to increase from these countries.

"In the past year, we have gained a lot of trust from abroad, from China, from Korea, Thailand, Japan, Vietnam," said Saifuddin.