JAKARTA - The Ministry of Trade (Kemendag) together with the Indonesian Maritime Security Agency (Bakamla) and the TNI's Strategic Intelligence Agency managed to confiscate illegal imported goods worth Rp. 8.3 billion. These illegal imported goods are thought to have come from China.
The Minister of Trade (Mendag) Budi Santoso said the illegal imported goods that were confiscated consisted of used clothes, new clothes, and 1.663 koli rolls.
Furthermore, Budi said that these illegal imported goods were thought to have come from China, which entered Indonesia via Kalimantan.
"It is suspected that it came from China through Kalimantan and an estimated value of surveillance items of Rp. 8.3 billion in the form of pres as long as imported goods containing used marks, new clothes and rolls that are suspected to be illegal," he said at the Joint Supervision Results Exposure, at the Ministry of Trade Office, Jakarta, Wednesday, February 5.
The first illegal imported goods were found in Patimban, Subang, West Java in the form of finished clothes and 1,200 koli new rolls. Then, in Surabaya, East Java in the form of used clothes as many as 463 koli.
Budi said this ballpres violated the provisions of the Minister of Trade Regulation (Pemgang) Number 40 of 2002 concerning Amendments to the Minister of Trade Regulation Number 18 of 2021 concerning Goods Prohibited from Importing and Goods.
In addition, it also violates Permendag Number 36 of 2023 concerning Policy and Import Regulation which has been changed to Permendag Number 8 of 2024, and Permendag Number 25 of 2021 concerning the Determination of Goods that Must Use or Overcome Indonesian Language Labels.
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Budi said that business actors, in this case importers who commit violations, will be subject to administrative sanctions in the form of a written warning to temporarily suspend business activities or revoke business licensing.
"Evidences can be subject to re-exports, destruction of goods, withdraw from distribution, and others in accordance with statutory regulations," he said.
Budi also said that the Ministry of Trade is committed to overseeing and inviting all stakeholders to jointly supervise to protect and protect domestic industries.
"The entry of illegal imported goods without following the provisions is our common enemy," he said.
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