The Ministry Of Agriculture Finds 4 Bird's Nest Exporting Companies That Are Occupied By The Quarantine Agency

Screenshot of the Head of the Agricultural Quarantine Agency of the Ministry of Agriculture Bambang in a Meeting with Opinions with Commission IV DPR RI/ANTARA

JAKARTA - The Quarantine Agency of the Ministry of Agriculture (Kementan) found four swallow nest exporting companies to China that tricked the Quarantine Agency and did not follow export regulations. " “So it's not because (Badan) of the Quarantine is wrong, not because of the GACC (General Administration of Customs China), but because the company that committed violations was not known by (Badan) Quarantine," said Head of the Agriculture Quarantine Agency of the Ministry of Agriculture Bambang in a Meeting with Opinions (RDP) with Commission IV of the Indonesian House of Representatives which was followed online in Jakarta, Antara, Tuesday, January 24. Bambang explained that in accordance with a request from members of Commission IV of the DPR RI to conduct an investigation into a swallow's nest exporting company related to the alleged export violation of swallow's advice submitted at a working meeting in early January, his party immediately conducted a surprise evaluation of 29 of the 33 swallow's nest exporting companies to China. "Of the 33 that exist, there are 29, and 29, we will evaluate all of them, and from the impromptu evaluation we will find out there are companies that are not consistent with commitments to keep export protocols," he said. In fact, the Quarantine Agency, he continued, has properly overseen the exporting company, from registration to the arrival of GACC to audit and ensure that these companies have fulfilled their commitments from an integrated evaluation between the Quarantine Agency and GACC. However, when the Quarantine Agency conducted a sudden audit, it was found that four companies made serious mistakes, such as the number of daily workers who did not comply with what was promised until the export volume was not appropriate. However, Bambang did not mention a list of names that are currently suspended. In the future, the Quarantine Agency is determined to tighten surveillance, including surveillance cameras or CCTV on four export companies that have been suspended. "We will install CCTV on heating devices, for example, how many, whether all products are heated, then against the number of workers of 1,000 people, whether 1000 workers every day or not," explained Bambang. Responding to the report, the Chairman of Commission IV of the DPR RI, Sudin, asked the Quarantine Agency to be more open to data from companies that do not keep the export rules so that they can be monitored together. “PT ACWI how many employees, how much is the production quota. In January PT ACWI was sanctioned by the Quarantine Agency, on January 12, he exported it. What is this, "” said the Sub-Department. In addition, he also asked the Quarantine Agency to prioritize domestically owned companies to export swallow's nests.