Government Forms Task Force Again, This Time Import Task Force Claimed To Protect Local Products

Coordinating Minister for Community Empowerment (Menko Pemmas) Muhaimin Iskandar while chairing a Ministerial Meeting at the Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture office, Jakarta, Tuesday (3/12/2024). (ANTARAPHOTO/Fauzan)

Coordinating Minister for Community Empowerment, Muhaimin Iskandar, stated that the government would form a Goods Import Task Force to monitor and address the problem of imported floods that harm domestic production.

"We made a task force to import goods. Supervisory, propose a regulatory change to the President so that the flood of imports that damage domestic production, especially MSMEs, can be overcome," said Muhaimin as quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, December 3.

Muhaimin explained that the surge in imports of uncontrolled goods had a negative impact on local products, especially those eroded by imported goods, both tax-free and illegal.

Therefore, the Coordinating Ministry for the Public Government through coordination between the various ministries below, agreed to form a special task force tasked with reviewing regulations and dealing with this excessive import problem.

The task force will focus on efforts to propose regulatory changes to the President in order to address the issue.

"Well, we, all Ministries in the Coordination Ministry of PM, agree to create a task force to review regulations, deal with excessive import problems," he said.

Muhaimin said that later this task force would be filled by officials at the deputy level. "Regarding who will sit in the task force, it is clear that the Coordinating Ministry for Community Empowerment will coordinate. The one who will handle the deputy level," he said.

The ministerial meeting was attended by the Minister of Cooperatives, Budi Arie Setiadi, Minister of MSMEs, Maman Abdurrahman, Minister of PPMI, Abdul Kadir Karding, Deputy Minister of Cooperatives Ferry Juliantono, and Deputy Minister of Villages Riza Patria.