Government told to impose antidumping duties on flour<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
The House of Representatives urged the government to immediately
\nimpose antidumping duties on flour products from Europe,
\nAustralia, and the United Arab Emirates to protect local
\nproducers.<\/p>\n
The demand was made during a hearing session between the House
\nCommission V overseeing trade and industry affairs and the
\nIndonesian Wheat and Flour Producers Association (APTINDO).<\/p>\n
"We want the government to quickly impose antidumping
\nduties ... to protect local flour producers," commission chairman
\nIsmangun Notonegoro said.<\/p>\n
The country's flour producers are PT Bogasari Flour Mills, PT
\nSriboga Ratu Raya, PT Pangan Mas, and PT Berdikari.<\/p>\n
The Indonesian Antidumping Committee (Kadi) late last year
\nproposed a plan to impose antidumping duties of between 5 to 35
\npercent from zero percent on flour products from the above
\ncountries, but the plan was canceled by Minister of Industry and
\nTrade Rini Soewandi because of high demand at home in the run up
\nto end-of-year festivities.<\/p>\n
The giant Bogasari, which is a unit of the publicly-listed
\ninstant noodle maker PT Indofood Sukses Makmur, has been the most
\naggressive in complaining of dumping practices by the overseas
\nflour producers.<\/p>\n
Bogasari's market share at home had declined to 70 percent
\nlast year from almost 90 percent previously.<\/p>\n
Phillip S. Purnama, senior vice president of Bogasari, said
\nthat any delay in the anti-dumping measures would only encourage
\nother overseas flour producers especially from India and China to
\nflood the local market.<\/p>",
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