Fees for container handling to increase by 30 percent<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of Communications will raise
\nhandling fees for containers in terminals operated by state-owned
\nport operator PT Pelindo II by an average of 30 percent beginning
\nnext month.<\/p>\n
The fees for the loading and unloading of a 20-foot container
\nwill cost Rp 6,500 a day ($0.80), up from the previous Rp 5,000 a
\nday. For 40-foot containers, the fee is being hiked to Rp 13,000
\na day from the present Rp 10,000 a day.<\/p>\n
Pelindo II operates Tanjung Priok port and other seaports in
\nwestern Indonesia.<\/p>\n
Chairman of the Indonesian Importers' Association (Ginsi)
\nAmirudin Saud said that the hike was reasonable as the handling
\ncharges for containers had not been raised for the last seven
\nyears.<\/p>\n
\"The members of Ginsi and the Indonesian Exporters'
\nAssociation (GPEI) are able to accept the hike, as it is the only
\nway to go,\" he was quoted by Antara as saying on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The increase in port service charges could not be separated
\nfrom hikes in fuel prices and electricity rates, fluctuations in
\nthe value of the rupiah against the dollar, and high inflation,
\nAmirudin said.<\/p>\n
He stressed that the hike would not disrupt import and export
\nactivities as the fees after the hike would still, in fact, be
\nsome 40 percent lower than the fees charged in Singapore.<\/p>\n
Exports have been performing excellently, Amirudin said,
\nadding that exports for the first six months of the year were 10
\ntimes higher than during the same period ten years ago.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, there had been a change in the composition
\nof imports as between capital and consumption goods, which had
\ndropped both in volume and value, and of raw materials and
\nproduction goods which now comprise some 70 percent of all
\nimports, he said.<\/p>\n
\"The increase in imports of raw materials and production
\ngoods, signals the reactivation of domestic manufacturing
\nproduction.<\/p>\n
\"Hopefully (this means) the real sector will return to
\nnormal,\" Amirudin said. (10)<\/p>",
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