Illegal Imported Goods Donated To The Bekasi Regency Government A Total Of 53,030 Sajadahs To Turkish Carpets

The government has donated illegal imported goods to the Bekasi Regency Government (Photo: Aris Nurjani/VOI)

JAKARTA - The government donated 53,030 prayer mats and illegally imported carpets from Turkey, to the Bekasi Regency Government (Pemkab). Previously, the government had confiscated as many as 638 bales of used illegal imported clothing estimated at IDR 50 billion on Thursday, October 26.

The prosecution was carried out by three ministers, namely Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Minister of Trade Zulkifli Hasan and Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto immediately destroyed and symbolically granted the illegal used goods.

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani said as many as 53,030 prayer mats and carpets of illegal imports from Turkey worth Rp 1.8 billion were the result of the prosecution of the Cikarang Customs and Excise Supervision and Service Office (KPPBC).

"Cikarang Customs and Excise also took action against textile products in the form of confiscation of 53,030 imported carpets or prayer mats with an estimated IDR 1.8 billion, which will be donated to the Bekasi Regional Government and community leaders", Sri Mulyani said at a press conference, Thursday, October 26.

Sri Mulyani said that her party chose to donate this illegal gift and imported carpet because it could still be used and used by the public.

Previously, Trade Minister Zulkifli Hasan said that the destruction of illegal imported goods consisted of used clothes that were prohibited from importing, several commodities including iron, electronics, medical devices, food and beverages, measuring instruments that did not meet permits, electronic child toys that did not have a manual guarantee card for Indonesian labels and none of the SNIs.

"Today's total value destroyed or donated is almost Rp. 50 billion or Rp. 49,951 billion. So almost Rp. 50 billion, most of the clothing entered illegally," he explained.

Similarly, the Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto conveyed the government's reason for taking firm action against the circulation of clothing used for illegal imports, because it threatens micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and the domestic textile industry.

"This activity is clear evidence of the Government's serious concern to continue to provide protection for domestic industries and MSMEs from the threat of illegal imported goods. This is also an excellent result of coordination in the implementation of import tightening policies," he said.

Meanwhile, the extermination activity is a follow-up to the results of the supervision carried out by the Government on illegal imported goods and does not meet the standards and prohibition documents and restrictions.

Airlangga said that the illegal imported goods destroyed included Used Clothing Products, Steel Products, Pipes, Mandatory Commodities of SNI, Forestry Products, Electronics, Cosmetics, Food and Beverages, as well as Ukur Equipment and other Textile Products.