JAKARTA - The Ministry of Trade (Kemendag) through the Directorate of Consumer Protection and Trade Order (PKTN) together with related ministries/agencies secure products that are suspected of not meeting the provisions or illegal value of Rp. 15 billion.
Minister of Trade (Mendag) Budi Santoso said the products were the result of supervision from January-March 2025.
These items are suspected of not meeting the provisions such as not according to SNI, not using Indonesian language labels, not having manual or warranty cards, and not having a health, safety, security and environmental registration number (K3L).
"The estimated economic value of goods in total is Rp. 15 billion," Budi said as quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, April 17.
He said items that did not comply with these provisions had been secured with the status of goods under supervision.
For imported products, there are 10 companies with five categories of imported products, namely electronics, children's toys, textiles and textile products (TPT) and metal products.
As for local products, 10 companies were found that violated the two product categories, namely electronics and footwear.
The details of the products that were secured were 297,781 electronic products, 297,522 children's toys, 1,277 footwear, 100 units of seprei, and 905 motor vehicle lanes. Most of these products come from China.
As a follow-up, the Ministry of Trade will ask for clarification regarding items that are not in accordance with these provisions.
"We also ask business actors to immediately withdraw goods from the circulation and fulfillment of the required licensing administration such as K3L, SNI labels, and manual guarantee cards," said Budi.
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The goods that were secured were suspected of violating the provisions of the Consumer Protection Law Number 8 of 1999 concerning consumer protection, then PP number 29 of 2021 concerning the implementation of the trade sector, then Permendag number 69 of 2018 concerning the supervision of goods in circulation and goods, Regulation of the Minister of Trade (Permendag) Number 21 of 2023 concerning amendments to Permendag 26/2021 concerning the determination of standards for business activities and products in the implementation of risk-based business licensing in the trade sector.
Then, Permendag 8/2024 concerning import policies and regulations, Permendag 26/2021 concerning the determination of goods that are required to use or complete Indonesian language labels.
Based on the provisions of Government Regulation 29/2021 concerning the implementation of the trade sector, then Permendag 69/2018 concerning goods in circulation and/or services, as well as Permendag 21/2023 concerning changes to Permendag 26/2021 concerning the determination of standard business activities and products in the implementation of risk-based business licensing in the trade sector.
Sanctions can be carried out in the form of a written warning, then a temporary suspension of all activities and/or revocation of business licensing.
Then a written warning until business actors make improvements to violations committed and termination of service services as well as a prohibition on trading and withdrawing goods from the distribution and destruction of goods.
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