Boatmakers face bankruptcy<\/p>\n
INDRAMAYU, West Java: No less than 150 boatmakers here will
\nhave to stop production due to a lack of teak supply.<\/p>\n
A number of craftsmen said they had not been supplied with
\nteak for the last four months.<\/p>\n
\"If the situation does not change, many of us will go
\nbankrupt,\" Moch. Surdja, coordinator of the craftsmen, said over
\nthe weekend.<\/p>\n
The boat industry is concentrated in the villages of Pagirikan
\nand Pasekan, Sindang district.<\/p>\n
Surdja said certain suppliers from the neighboring town of
\nCirebon offered teak at Rp 1 million per cubic meter, Rp 300,000
\nabove the normal price.<\/p>\n
\"Even if the stock is there, we have to go through a
\ncomplicated procedure that may take 15 days before we can obtain
\nthe wood,\" Surdja said.<\/p>\n
It remains a mystery why teak has been disappearing in
\nIndramayu, Surdja said.<\/p>\n
Orders for wooden boats used to come from fishermen in the
\nWest Java town of Subang, the Banten towns of Pontang and Lontar,
\nand Muara Angke, Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Boatmakers in Cirebon and the Central Java town of Batang have
\nfilled the gap in the market left vacant by counterparts in
\nIndramayu, Surdja said. -- JP<\/p>",
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