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        "msgid": "agro-toolmakers-want-chinese-imports-curbed-1447893297",
        "date": "2000-11-21 00:00:00",
        "title": "Agro toolmakers want Chinese imports curbed",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Agro toolmakers want Chinese imports curbed JAKARTA (JP): Alsintani, the association of producers of agricultural implements, called on the government on Monday to curb imports from China which it blames for causing the loss of more than 30,000 jobs over the past three years. Alsintani chairman Hasan Sulaiman proposed a 30 percent import tariff, against the 4-5 percent tariff at present, on Chinese agricultural implements among measures to curb imports.",
        "content": "<p>Agro toolmakers want Chinese imports curbed<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): Alsintani, the association of producers of<br>\nagricultural implements, called on the government on Monday to<br>\ncurb imports from China which it blames for causing the loss of<br>\nmore than 30,000 jobs over the past three years.<\/p>\n<p>Alsintani chairman Hasan Sulaiman proposed a 30 percent import<br>\ntariff, against the 4-5 percent tariff at present, on Chinese<br>\nagricultural implements among measures to curb imports.<\/p>\n<p>He warned that unless the government complied with its demand,<br>\nassociation members and their employees would be deployed to<br>\nprotest in Jakarta streets.<\/p>\n<p>\"We are only asking to cease imports of implements that are<br>\nalready produced locally,\" he said after a panel discussion on<br>\nagribusiness held at Manggala Wanabakti building.<\/p>\n<p>\"If the government cannot control imports and they continue to<br>\nflood (the Indonesian market), the only recourse left for us is<br>\nto take to the streets and march to the House of Representatives.<\/p>\n<p>\"Our members, and their employees, can wait no longer. They<br>\nare ready to protest and display our local products on a<br>\nmotorcade of trucks around the capital. That seems to be our last<br>\nrecourse,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \"We still believe that the present Cabinet ministers<br>\nwill be more serious in handling this problem.\"<\/p>\n<p>The flood of imports of cheap Chinese-made agricultural<br>\nimplements -- including hand-tractors, threshers, dryers, pumps,<br>\nhoes and sickles -- have put many local producers out of business<br>\nin recent years, according to Alsintani.<\/p>\n<p>Hasan said that cheap often meant inferior, claiming that 85<br>\npercent of all imported Chinese products could not be used either<br>\nbecause they were damaged or because of shortage of spare parts.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 1978, Alsintani consists of 30 medium to large<br>\nscale enterprises (all in Java), 400 small companies and around<br>\n16,000 blacksmiths. (03)<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/agro-toolmakers-want-chinese-imports-curbed-1447893297",
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