Marak Jastip, Hippindo Asks The Government To Tighten The Entry Of Goods From Overseas Through Cargo

Chairman of the Indonesian Shopping Center Retailers and Tenants Association (Hippindo) Budihardjo Iduansjah. (Photo: Theresia Agatha/VOI)

JAKARTA - Chairman of the Indonesian Shopping Center Retailers and Tenants Association (Hippindo) Budihardjo Iduansjah proposed the government to further tighten the entry of goods from abroad through cargo.

This is the result of the rise of the deposit or deposit service business through WhatsApp messages that often escape state tax levies. This causes sluggish sales of local products in the country.

"(Settlements) are mostly entered through cargo, if you go through gossip from people, right, there's not much. Now input for the government is door to door which (compact goods) through cargo from outside countries, then wrapped. That must be monitored," said Budihardjo to reporters in Jakarta, quoted Wednesday, March 20.

Budihardjo assessed that the government had actually given warnings or warnings to the guards through the Regulation of the Minister of Trade (Permendag) Number 3 of 2024 concerning Amendments to the Minister of Trade Regulation Number 36 of 2023 concerning the Policy for Regulation of Imports, which is valid from March 10, 2024.

However, the warning seemed to be ignored and the Jattip activities continued to develop to this day.

He also advised the jattips to love local products or goods that are already circulating in Indonesia.

"Actually, now it has been warned from the government. And from the association (we convey) that the suit, yes, must start loving domestic products or goods that have been circulating in Indonesia. If we have to buy souvenirs, that's okay, but if we buy them in large quantities to sell, that's how we feel, we complain," he said.

A number of retail associations assess that the deposit service business (jastip) for imported products must be eradicated.

Because, in addition to bringing in illegal imported products, these types of businesses also threaten the existence of domestic products and MSMEs.

Chairman of the Indonesian Shopping Center Retailers and Tenants Association (Hippindo) Budihardjo Iduansjah said that currently the domestic retail and industrial business is experiencing difficulties due to the large number of illegal imported goods.

It is also added to the selling price of goods that are very cheap and do not meet security provisions, thus causing the state to lose.

This phenomenon is exacerbated by the lack of supervision by the authorities in the market.

"Regarding the luggage purchased abroad, we really appreciate this regulation because it can be used as a tightening of domestic products from illegal imports, both from ports and suits through air and sea cargo that do not pay taxes, (so) turn off our SMEs and local products," Budihardjo said at a press conference in Jakarta, Tuesday, March 19.

It is known that the regulation referred to by Budihardjo is the Regulation of the Minister of Trade (Permendag) Number 3 of 2024 concerning Amendments to Permendag Number 36 of 2023 concerning Import Regulation Policies.