Teten Responds To MSMEs Asked For Rp118 Million By Customs When They Want To Export

Menkop UKM Teten Masduki (Photo: Theresia Agatha/VOI)

JAKARTA - Minister of Cooperatives and SMEs (Menkop UKM) Teten Masduki opened his voice regarding the vital news of one of the MSMEs whose export products were detained and billed at IDR 118 million.

Teten claimed to have spoken with the Director General (Dirjen) of Customs and Excise of the Ministry of Finance Askolani, regarding this issue.

"I have spoken with the Director General of Customs regarding the issue of MSME difficulties for exports, especially those for briquette products," said Teten after being met at the 2023 Nusantara Story event at the Jakarta Convention Center (JCC), Tuesday, November 28.

He said that the briquette product was too risky in terms of delivery. Moreover, logistics companies also provide high conditions if they want to be exported.

However, Teten said that in this case, the thing that was highlighted was regarding MSMEs that were difficult to deliver to customer countries. So, there must be additional costs incurred by the MSME actors.

"So, I have communicated with the Director General of Customs and Customs and Director General of Customs will follow up on the case and later he will provide updates to me," he said.

Furthermore, Teten did not deny that cases like this often occur. So, he admitted that he was familiar if he found something similar again.

Therefore, he admitted that he would discuss this with the Director General of Customs and Excise so that MSME actors who wanted to export would not be complicated anymore.

"Don't make it difficult for our exports. If we import, then we will make it difficult because it is to protect domestic products. If exports must be given convenience," said Teten.

"Well, I think this mindset is not yet in harmony in the government," he added.

Meanwhile, social media Twitter is being shocked by a video of MSME actors claiming to have their export products being held at the Tanjung Priok Customs Office.

The upload was widely discussed after being uploaded by the @thechaioflife account, on Saturday, November 25.

This started when an MSME named CV Borneo Aquatic received an order of 1 commodity container for the needs of a pet shop from Europe worth IDR 12,973 US dollars or around IDR 201 million in August 2023.

"Making us joy," said the uploader.

Knowing that the incoming orders reached hundreds of millions, the uploader invited local residents to work to meet orders and take advantage of wasted waste.

After filling in, the ordered goods are ready to be exported to Europe via Tanjung Priok Port. MSMEs themselves have completed all the requirements, ranging from complete documents, packing lists, invoice phytosanitary certificates, fumigation certificates, and so on.

At that time, it was scheduled that containers would be loaded onto the ship on September 25, 2023.

However, the first notification of exports of goods (PEB) submitted by the uploader was rejected on the grounds of typos or typos on the HS code at PL with PEB.

Furthermore, the uploader said that his party had also revised and sent a re-submittance until the Export Service Memorandum was issued.

Even so, the problem re-emerged when the container was dismantled and inspected because intelligence authorities found that there was one type of item that was not suitable.

Customs and Excise had taken samples on October 9, 2023, with a processing time of 5-15 days.

However, there was still no approval received by the uploader until November 10, 2023. After that, he admitted that he received a container owner's fleet bill of Rp. 118,596 million from a memorandum of intelligence (NHI).