South Kalimantan Quarantine Checks 198 Tons Of Japanese Industrial Flour

South Kalimantan Quarantine Officers examined the physical flour of the Japanese industry entering through the Port of Trisakti Banjarmasin. (ANTARA)

BANJARMASIN - The South Kalimantan Animal, Fish and Plant Quarantine Center (Karantina Kalsel) took quarantine action by examining 198 tons of Japanese industrial flour that entered through the Banjarmasin Trisakti Port.

"We are examining documents and physical, as well as taking samples," said Head of South Kalimantan Quarantine Sudirman in Banjarmasin, Thursday.

Sudirman said the series of actions were carried out to ensure the completeness and validity of the required documents from the country of origin, the suitability of the type and number of commodities, and to be free from organisms that disrupt plants or quarantine plant disorders in the form of living insects.

From the results of the examination, the imported industrial flour is stated to have met the requirements, so that a Plant Quarantine Release Certificate (KT-9) can be issued.

Industrial flour is usually used as a mixture of glue manufacturing for coating wood. This commodity is quite often imported to Banjarmasin because of the large number of layered wood industries in South Kalimantan.

Sudirman added that this examination was the first examination carried out at the Integrated Physical Inspection Site (TPFT) in the Banjarmasin Container Terminal area.

TPFT is a joint inspection place for Quarantine, Customs and Excise, and other relevant agencies designed to facilitate export-related and import-related services.

TPFT is a follow-up to the implementation of the Single Submission Quarantine Customs (SSm-QC).

Through this integrated system, service users only need to access one portal for quarantine and customs checks.

Sudirman said the implementation of SSm-QC at ports could increase the effectiveness of time and cost for business actors, including through simplification of procedures and reduction of the duration of examination time, as well as reducing operational costs because inspections were carried out in an integrated manner.