Illegal foreign footwear products concern Aprisindo<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Footwear industry executives are warning of mass
\nlayoffs if the government fails to curb the influx of illegal
\nfootwear from abroad.<\/p>\n
It is estimated that between 5,000 and 6,000 workers in the
\nfootwear industry could soon be laid off every month if
\nrestrictions are not tightened.<\/p>\n
Anthon Tardia, chairman of the Indonesian Footwear Association
\n(Aprisindo) forecasts one dismissal per footwear firm each time
\nthe company decreases daily production by three pairs of shoes or
\nfive pairs of sandals.<\/p>\n
He claimed that dozens of labor-intensive footwear industries
\nin Greater Jakarta and East Java have reduced production levels
\nfollowing large inflows of low-priced footwear in major cities
\nlike Jakarta, Surabaya and Medan, North Sumatra, over the last
\nthree months.<\/p>\n
\"Many footwear companies in Greater Jakarta, Bandung and
\nSurabaya have laid off employees after deciding to decrease their
\nproduction due to the spread of illegal sandals and shoes in
\nlocal markets,\" he said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
He claimed that between February and April a total of 800,000
\npairs of sandals and shoes, entering illegally from countries
\nlike China, were traded freely in Surabaya, Medan and Jakarta.<\/p>\n
The association has several times filed complaints to the
\nDirectorate General of Tax and Excise but no hard measures have
\nbeen taken to curb the smuggling.<\/p>\n
It has effected not only the local footwear industry but also
\nworsened the unemployment problem and caused material losses to
\nthe government, he added. (rms)<\/p>",
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