Can producers association protests anti-dumping move<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Local can producers lodged a protest on Tuesday
\nagainst the government's recent drive to impose anti-dumping
\nduties of up to 68 percent on the import of tin plates.<\/p>\n
Vice chairman of the Association of Indonesian Can Producers
\n(APKKI) Halim Wijaya said the high countervailing duties were
\nunfair because they protected local tin plate manufacturer PT
\nPelat Timah Nusantara (Latinusa) at the expense of other
\nindustries.<\/p>\n
Joined by the association's lawyer, Erry Bundjamin, Halim said
\n\"the anti-dumping tariff has a flimsy basis\".<\/p>\n
The high import surcharge would not only hurt can producers
\nbut also related downstream industries such as canned food and
\nbeverage producers.<\/p>\n
\"We will have to raise our product price roughly 40 percent
\nif a 68 percent surcharge is imposed.\"<\/p>\n
Last month the government implemented anti-dumping duties of
\nup to 68 percent against tin plates imported from Japan, South
\nKorea, Taiwan and Australia.<\/p>\n
The anti-dumping ruling was prompted by a request from
\nLatinusa, which complained that competitors from the four
\ncountries sold their products in Indonesia at unfair market
\nprices.<\/p>\n
The association's members preferred imported tin plates
\nbecause Latinusa -- the only tin plate producer in the country --
\nsold its products not only at high price but also at low quality,
\nHalim said, citing that a canned pineapple customer rejected cans
\nproduced by Latinusa due to their inferior quality.<\/p>\n
\"If we import (tin plates) we receive our delivery in three
\nmonths, while Latinusa takes six months with an additional one or
\ntwo months delay to fill and deliver our order.\"<\/p>\n
Halim acknowledged that importing products involved many
\ndifficulties due to the complex negotiation issues, shipping
\nadministration and the requirement to issue a Letter of Credit.<\/p>\n
\"If Latinusa could provide products at a reasonable price,
\nstandard quality and good service, (there is) no doubt we would
\nbuy all our raw material from the company.\"<\/p>\n
Latinusa, the only local tin plate manufacturer, is 95 percent
\nowned by state-owned steel maker PT Krakatau Steel with the
\nremaining 5 percent controlled by Nusamba Foundation, a business
\ngroup related to former president Soeharto. (02)<\/p>",
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