Food imports will be limited

by: Linda Nurbaiti & T. Silitonga

JAKARTA (Bisnis.com): food and beverage products imported to be a scarcity in the country because the supply is limited.

The limited supply of these products in the country followed the Permendag No: 44/M-DAG/PER/10/2008 provisions on imports of particular products.

Chairman team of goods outstanding Retail Association of Indonesia (APRINDO) Nugroho Setia Dharma said scarcity of food and beverage products imported already occurred since the last few months since finding cases bermelamin milk.

"Since that case, all imported products, so the more stringent control. Moreover, with the policy of limiting imports of particular products, including the imported products mamin," he said at a press conference with AP3MI and PHRI in the Hotel Sahid.

According to him, with the Permendag No: 44/M-DAG/PER/10/2008 make the situation difficult to import products mamin circulating in the country. In fact, if the objective that abolished import access, he said, will be very difficult because it realized consumers in the country are also many people from other countries.

"We still support a local product in the host Indonesia. But if needs be rare, of course need more consideration," he said.

He explains kelangkan product mamin occurred in the center of modern shopping malls, hotels, and restaurants. Even in special restaurants, such as a Japanese restaurant, hard to find imported products. (faa)
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