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The Ministry of Trade (Kemendag) carried out the destruction of illegally imported goods worth a total of Rp. 11 billion. The destruction was held in the Jaya Park warehouse area, Sidoarjo, East Java, Saturday (9/24/2022).

This activity is a follow-up to the inspection and supervision of the import trade system after passing through the customs area (post border). This was conveyed by the Minister of Trade, Zulkifli Hasan, in a written statement received on Sunday (25/9/2022).

"The supervision was carried out in January-September 2022 in the work area of ​​the Surabaya Commercial Order Supervisory Agency. The products were proven to be imported illegally or not based on import regulations," said the Minister who is familiarly called Zulhas.

Zulhas explained that the destruction was carried out on 15 types of imported products including the categories of electronic products, forestry, plastics, and clothing. The importer of these products does not have the required import license.

This is in accordance with Minister of Trade Regulation (Permendag) Number 25 of 2022 concerning Amendments to Minister of Trade Regulation Number 20 of 2021 concerning Import Policies and Regulations.

"This extermination activity is one of the efforts so that business actors can be legally orderly. And obey the laws and regulations in the trade sector in carrying out their business activities," he said.

According to the Trade Minister, so far the government has provided many conveniences for business actors in carrying out their business activities. Starting from the ease of licensing, relief in the fiscal sector, shortening the time for the inflow of goods, to fostering business actors.

"For this reason, it is appropriate for business actors to be lawful in carrying out their business activities," he said, affirming. Meanwhile, the Director General of PKTN at the Ministry of Trade, Veri Anggrijono, hopes that business actors will always comply with the provisions of the legislation.

"We will be firm in enforcing the provisions of the legislation. There is no compromise for business actors who do not obey or abuse the rules," said Veri.

Currently, the Ministry of Trade only has four Commercial Order Monitoring Centers located in four major cities. Namely Medan, Surabaya, Makassar, and Bekasi.

The purpose of the establishment of the Supervisory Center is to serve as the spearhead of the supervision of the trade sector in the regions together with the relevant agencies. Given the wide coverage area of ​​Indonesia, this number is expected to be increased again in the future. (RRI)