Intensively Inspecting Illegal Goods Ahead Of Eid, Trade Minister Zulhas: Food, Used Clothes To Steel

Trade Minister Zulhas (Photo: Mery Handayani/VOI)

JAKARTA - The Minister of Trade (Mendag) Zulkifli Hasan admitted that he was aggressively conducting inspections of illegal goods circulating in the community ahead of Lebaran 2024. Goods that were combed started from imported food, used clothes, to imported steel.

"This is before Lebaran, we are indeed aggressive. Whether it's a gas station, and others, we also peek at food items that don't meet standards. This is about what used clothes are, I heard that many more have started," he said when met in the Karang Asem Barat area, Citeureup, Bogor, Thursday, March 28.

For your information, on Saturday, March 23, the man who is familiarly called Zulhas sealed a rogue public refueling station (SPBU) at Rest Area KM 42 B Jakarta-Cikampek in West Jambe Bay.

Meanwhile, today, Zulhas destroyed illegal imported goods resulting from post-border fans for the January-February 2024 period by the Bekasi Commercial Ordered Supervision Center in Bogor.

Zulhas said the destruction was carried out against 11 commodities of illegal imported goods with a value of Rp9.3 billion. These items were obtained from the results of post border supervision for the period January to February.

In detail, certain electronic products from Thailand, chili powder and chili paste from China, cocoa powder from Malaysia, soy sauce from Singapore, sambal sauce from Thailand, cash chocolate from Malaysia.

Then, forestry products from Japan, solar panels, from China, apple juice concessions from China and India, and sheet glasses from China.

"This (imported goods) is not in accordance with the rules. Therefore, it was destroyed. Yesterday we also gave a gas station for homecoming people, the gas station was given a tool so that the meter for 20 liters contains only 15 which volume can be regulated," he explained.

In addition, Zulhas also said that his party was monitoring the circulation of steel products that were not in accordance with the provisions.

"Also steel that does not meet the standards. Steel is usually SNI, the standard is 14 there will be 12 if the building collapses. We will definitely secure it immediately," he said.

Zulhas emphasized that the Ministry of Trade is concerned about monitoring with the aim of protecting consumers and also domestic industries.

"We are indeed concerned to protect consumers first, not to be harmed by inappropriate goods, not to meet the requirements. Then the second is of course to protect the domestic industry," he said.