Monitor Dozens Of Simu Steel Manufacturers, Minister Of Trade Zulhas: Actions If Violations Are Found

Minister of Trade Zulkifli Hasan. (Photo: Mery Handayani/VOI)

CIKARANG UTARA - Trade Minister Zulkifli Hasan revealed that there are 25 elbow steel producing companies that are monitoring the Task Force for Supervision of Certain Goods Worn by the Import Commercial Procedure.

The man who is familiarly called Zulhas said that today the task force has also confiscated a number of steel products that do not match standards. The action was carried out at a factory in North Cikarang, Bekasi, West Java.

Zulhas said that as many as 11,000 tons of steel elbows did not comply with the provisions were successfully secured.

The value of the confiscated goods reached Rp11 billion.

"This (investigation) starts September 12. There are many in South Tangerang, there are also many areas of Tangerang, yes. This is something like this, there are approximately 25 (factories)," he said in an exposure to the results of supervision of steel products in North Cikarang, Bekasi, Thursday, September 26.

Even so, Zulhas admitted that the monitoring process was not too difficult. He also emphasized that the 25 locations will not be immediately taken into account. In the early stages, it is likely that the completeness of the permit will be checked first.

"So the monitor is not really difficult. There are 25 industries like this, maybe more, 25 more. Yes, no (under surveillance), this is new (supervised), later we will check if it violates, we will act," he said.

Previously, it was reported that the Task Force for Supervision of Certain Goods Worn by the Import Commercial Administration, led by the Minister of Trade Zulkifli Hasan (Zulhas) managed to secure illegal elbow steel worth Rp11 billion in the North Cikarang area, Bekasi, West Java.

Trade Minister Zulhas said that at a factory in the North Cikarang area, there were 11,000 tons of elbow steel that did not have a permit.

"The number is 11,000 tons, so not a few, 11,000 tons means 11 million kilos (grams), a lot. The value is around Rp. 11 billion," he said in an exposure to the results of supervision of steel products in North Cikarang, Bekasi, Thursday, September 26.

He said the findings of the work of the Task Force for Supervision of Certain Goods Subjected to the Import Commercial Administration would be destroyed in the near future.

The goal is to protect consumers from the circulation of goods that do not meet standards.

"We will take this administrative action later to be destroyed," he explained.