YOGYAKARTA The emergence of a thrifting phenomenon in Indonesia is in the spotlight of many people. The reason is, there are good and bad impacts that accompany this phenomenon, especially in Indonesia. Then, what exactly is the thrusting?
Understanding thrifting is an activity in the form of searching for or hunting used goods. The word thrift itself comes from English which means savings. It is called savings because the perpetrators who adhere to this lifestyle have a situation that requires them to save for various reasons. On the other hand, they must meet the primary needs in the form of clothing.
It is not certain how the history of thrifting emerged. However, this lifestyle began to develop in the mid-1800s until the early 1900s along with the emergence of the church service organization Conservation Army and Goodwill.
Initially, the sale of used goods that became the forerunner of the Thrifting lifestyle was intended to raise funds. The organizer will accommodate donations from the congregation or donors for sale. After being collected, these items are supplied like shops. The proceeds from the sale can be used for other charity or social activities.
Currently, Thrifting itself activities always refer to places selling used goods such as walking to the stock market or in e-commerce that provide items in the thrift category. As a result, Thrift lifestyle adherents get the goods they need or they like them at affordable prices.
In Indonesia, thrifting activities are carried out with the aim of finding branded clothes at low prices. The types of clothes being hunted also vary from t-shirts, shirts, pants, vests, hats, shoes and many more.
The number of thrifting actors in Indonesia makes it a kind of new lifestyle of fashion. Thrifting is not only limited to fashion, but is one of the industries that is popular. The more people's attention to thrifting, the more criticism of this lifestyle.
In Indonesia, thrifting itself activities are not prohibited. What gets negative sentiment from this activity is the import activity of used clothes by entrepreneurs engaged in this industry. Thrifting imports are carried out by entrepreneurs by bringing in used clothes from various countries such as America, China, Korea, England, Japan, and so on.
Imported used clothes were imported with bale packaging or wrapped in sacks. Generally weighing 1 bale approximately 100 kilograms (kg).
THrift bal imports in Indonesia are actually prohibited as stipulated in the Regulation of the Minister of Trade of the Republic of Indonesia Number 48/M-DAG/PER/2015 concerning General Provisions in the Import Sector and Regulation of the Minister of Trade Number 51/M-DAG/PER/7/2015 concerning Prohibition of Imports of Used Clothing. Article 2 explains that goods imported are required to be new.
The reason for prohibiting imports of used goods is also explained in Law no. 7 of 2014 concerning Trade. In the Trade Law Article 50 paragraph (2) it is said that there are three reasons for prohibition.
In general, the negative impact of import Thrifting is as follows.
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