Darwin improves customs service<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): A preclearance facility for air and sea exports
\nfrom Darwin, Australia, to eastern Indonesian was launched on
\nWednesday at the Frances Day shipyard in Darwin.<\/p>\n
The customs facility will clear exports of products or
\nequipment leaving Darwin, the Northern Territory's Department of
\nAsian Relations and Trade said in a statement received here.<\/p>\n
Department secretary Brian Ely and Indonesia's director
\ngeneral of Customs and Excise R.B. Permana Agung witnessed the
\nlaunching ceremony at the yard belonging to Perkins Shipping Pty
\nLtd.<\/p>\n
A second consignment under the scheme was later cleared for
\nair-freight dispatch to Kupang from Darwin Airport.<\/p>\n
The facility will benefit mining companies operating in
\neastern Indonesia, which depend on imports from Australia for
\ntheir equipment supplies, the statement said.<\/p>\n
It also will increase the opportunities for Darwin-based
\ncompanies to serve mining operations in Indonesia, it said.<\/p>\n
Two Indonesian customs officials have been assigned to conduct
\nclearance of the import duty program in Darwin.<\/p>\n
Ely believed the preclearance facility will contribute to the
\nNorthern Territory government's objective of attracting companies
\ndoing business in Indonesia to Darwin. (02)<\/p>",
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