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        "id": 1467246,
        "msgid": "government-bans-shrimp-imports-1447893297",
        "date": "2004-12-31 00:00:00",
        "title": "Government bans shrimp imports",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Government bans shrimp imports Zakki P. Hakim, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government announced on Thursday a six-month ban on shrimp imports from all countries starting Dec. 28, saying the move was made to protect the local industry and consumers from a suspected contamination from imported seafood. The import ban, enacted through a joint decree signed by Minister of Trade Mari E.",
        "content": "<p>Government bans shrimp imports<\/p>\n<p>Zakki P. Hakim, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n<p>The government announced on Thursday a six-month ban on shrimp<br>\nimports from all countries starting Dec. 28, saying the move was<br>\nmade to protect the local industry and consumers from a suspected<br>\ncontamination from imported seafood.<\/p>\n<p>The import ban, enacted through a joint decree signed by<br>\nMinister of Trade Mari E. Pangestu and Minister of Fisheries and<br>\nMaritime Affairs Freddy Numberi, excludes shrimp for science<br>\npurposes and those under import contract signed before Dec. 2.<\/p>\n<p>\"There is some imported shrimp that allegedly has been<br>\ncontaminated ... particularly with chlroramphenicol and<br>\nnitrofuran, which could pose a health threat to domestic<br>\nconsumers,\" Freddy explained.<\/p>\n<p>\"We shall examine the case over a six-month period,\" he added.<\/p>\n<p>Fears of contamination have been on the rise as Indonesia's<br>\nshrimp imports increase this year, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Indonesia's shrimp imports jumped to 10,614 tons in the first<br>\nten months of 2004 from 2,047 last year, according to Freddy.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister of Trade representative Halida Miljani dismissed<br>\na suggestion that the measure was a way to prevent other producer<br>\ncountries from entering Indonesia's large market.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, the U.S. imposed high antidumping duties on<br>\nshrimp imports from most producer countries, which effectively<br>\nbanned them from the market. The countries affected were China,<br>\nThailand, India, Vietnam and Malaysia.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports from domestic shrimp farmers, many<br>\nbusinessmen re-exported shrimp from the sanctioned countries to<br>\nthe U.S. with an Indonesian label.<\/p>\n<p>Halida, a former Indonesian Ambassador to the World Trade<br>\nOrganization (WTO), said the measure would not spark retaliation<br>\nfrom the producer countries, as it could be categorized as a<br>\n\"biosecurity move\", which is allowed under the WTO regulation.<\/p>",
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