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        "msgid": "plastic-industry-boss-reveals-5-30-dumping-price-imports-flooding-indonesia-1778028907",
        "date": "2026-05-05 21:20:00",
        "title": "Plastic Industry Boss Reveals 5-30% Dumping-Price Imports Flooding Indonesia",
        "author": "",
        "source": "CNBC",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Trade",
        "summary": "The Indonesian plastic industry is under severe pressure from global over-supply and domestic supply chain disruptions, exacerbated by dumping practices where imported products are sold at 5-30% below market prices, severely undermining local competitiveness. Industry leaders from Inaplas are urging the government to implement stronger import controls and trade remedies like anti-dumping measures to protect both upstream and downstream sectors, citing examples such as the collapse of plastic film producers from eight to just two due to import dominance. Without consistent policy interventions, the sector risks following the fate of other industries crippled by cheap imports.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - The domestic plastic industry is facing\npressure from both global and domestic fronts. In addition to\ndisruptions in raw material supplies, dumping practices from other\ncountries pose a serious threat to business sustainability.<\/p>\n<p>The influx of cheap imported products is increasingly pressuring the\ncompetitiveness of the local industry. This situation is occurring amid\na global oversupply that is pushing foreign producers to seek export\nmarkets.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman of the Indonesian Olefin, Aromatics, and Plastics Industry\nAssociation (Inaplas), Suhat Miyarso, stated that dumping practices have\nbeen occurring over the past few years and have had a significant\nimpact.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe prices at which they sell to Indonesia are truly dumping prices,\nlower by between 5-20 percent, and some even up to 30 percent. This is\nvery burdensome for the domestic industry,\u201d he said during a discussion\nat the Industrial Journalists\u2019 Forum (Forwin) in Jakarta on Tuesday\n(5\/5\/2026).<\/p>\n<p>This issue not only affects raw material producers but also spills\nover to the downstream sector, which must compete with imported finished\nproducts.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, market openness through various free trade agreements is\nmaking it easier for imported products to enter Indonesia. In such\nconditions, industry players consider market protection to be extremely\nimportant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want policies to control imports, both of raw materials and\nfinished goods. If finished goods can enter freely at dumping prices,\nthis is certainly unhealthy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Inaplas has proposed various trade remedy measures, such\nas anti-dumping and safeguards, to the government. The processes are\nunderway, but not all have been fully realised.<\/p>\n<p>Without strong policy interventions, industry players fear the\nplastic sector will suffer the same fate as other industries hit by\ncheap imports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need legal certainty, market protection, and consistent policies.\nIf not, every crisis will bring us back to the same point,\u201d Suhat\nemphasised.<\/p>\n<p>Inaplas Secretary General Fajar AD Budiyono also highlighted the real\nimpact of dumping on the downstream industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor plastic film, for example, there used to be eight industries,\nnow only two remain because 70 percent of the market has been taken by\nimports. This is concrete evidence of the impact,\u201d Fajar said on the\nsame occasion.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/plastic-industry-boss-reveals-5-30-dumping-price-imports-flooding-indonesia-1778028907",
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