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        "id": 1004335,
        "msgid": "producers-moan-about-high-tariffs-on-plastic-materials-1447893297",
        "date": "1994-09-01 00:00:00",
        "title": "Producers moan about high tariffs on plastic materials",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
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        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Producers moan about high tariffs on plastic materials JAKARTA (JP): Plastics producers yesterday spoke out against high tariff protection for materials which has led to substantial increases in production costs. \"The main problem is that import duties and surcharges are also imposed on several derivatives of polyethylene and polypropylene that have not been produced domestically,\" Chairman of the Indonesian Plastics Manufacturer Association (Apindo) A. Sarbini said yesterday.",
        "content": "<p>Producers moan about high tariffs on plastic materials<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): Plastics producers yesterday spoke out against<br>\nhigh tariff protection for materials which has led to substantial<br>\nincreases in production costs.<\/p>\n<p>\"The main problem is that import duties and surcharges are<br>\nalso imposed on several derivatives of polyethylene and<br>\npolypropylene that have not been produced domestically,\" Chairman<br>\nof the Indonesian Plastics Manufacturer Association (Apindo) A.<br>\nSarbini said yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>He said imports of plastic materials are generally subject to<br>\na duty of 20 percent and a surcharge of another 20 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Sarbini told The Jakarta Post during a break in a seminar on<br>\nthe plastic industry that the government apparently does not<br>\nrealize that the high tariffs also affect materials which have<br>\nnot been produced locally.<\/p>\n<p>The seminar, organized by Apindo in cooperation with the Japan<br>\nExternal Trade Organization (Jetro), featured several Japanese<br>\nexperts discussing plastic industry management and technology<br>\nimprovement.<\/p>\n<p>Sarbini said executives of his association have asked the<br>\ngovernment to lower import tariffs on plastic materials to<br>\nimprove efficiency of the domestic industry, so that the<br>\ncountry's products can compete on the world market.<\/p>\n<p>Y. Santo, secretary general of the Indonesian Plastic Industry<br>\nFederation, said that the government should also lower import<br>\nduties on petrochemicals used to complement materials in plastic<br>\nmanufacturing.<\/p>\n<p>The government should also lift import duties on machinery<br>\nused to manufacture plastic products that have not been made<br>\ndomestically, he added.<\/p>\n<p>Indonesia exports several plastic products, including<br>\nhousehold plastic goods, PVC pipes, plastic packaging and plastic<br>\nbags.<\/p>\n<p>The country's exports of plastics reached US$144.79 million<br>\nlast fiscal year to March.<\/p>\n<p>The country currently has 398 plastic manufacturers with a<br>\ntotal capacity of 763,375 tons per year, employing more than<br>\n83,000 people. (05)<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/producers-moan-about-high-tariffs-on-plastic-materials-1447893297",
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