Sri Mulyani Takes Action On 31,275 Illegal Goods Smuggling Until November 2024

Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani (right). (Photo: Aris Nurjani/VOI)

Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati revealed that there were a total of 31,275 actions that had been taken with a value of Rp6.1 trillion and a potential state loss of Rp3.9 trillion.

This figure comes from the prosecution and supervision of illegal trade activities from January to November 2024.

"Since the beginning of 2024, smuggling has been carried out in the field of customs and excise 31,275 times. So we imagine that every month we have done more than 5,000. The value of the goods is Rp. 6.1 trillion and the potential loss to the state can reach Rp. 3.9 trillion," he said at a press conference at the Customs Office, Thursday, November 14.

Sri Mulyani explained that there were 12,490 prosecutions in the import sector with a value of IDR 4.6 trillion and the dominant commodities were prosecuted in the form of textiles and textile products (TPT).

Meanwhile, in the export sector, there were 382 prosecutions with a value of IDR 255 billion and the dominant commodity was dealt with in the form of flora and fauna.

As for the export action, it is a case of smuggling the export of natural resources (SDA) through the results of marine patrol operations, namely four times the prosecution of clear lobster seeds (BBL) with a total of 1,488,405 heads and a value of goods reaching Rp163.7 billion, as well as five times the prosecution of tin sand and the value of goods reaching Rp10.9 billion.

Then, there were also 178 prosecutions in the facility sector with a value of IDR 38 billion and the dominant commodity being prosecuted was TPT.

Furthermore, 18,225 prosecutions in the field of excise with a value of IDR 1.1 trillion and the dominant commodity being prosecuted are cigarettes with a total of 710 million sticks.

Sri Mulyani said that since the beginning of 2024 she had carried out 183 criminal investigations by naming 193 suspects.

"We are able to restore state revenues to obtain ultimum remidium of Rp55.6 billion from 1,390 prosecutions in the excise sector," he said.