Soewarna offers integrated warehousing system<\/p>\n
Abdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post\/Jakarta<\/p>\n
An online connection with the Customs and Excise Office is
\nexpected to lessen the paperwork for freight forwarding companies
\nat the Soewarna Business Park, located near Soekarno-Hatta
\nInternational Airport in Cengkareng, west of Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Soewarna's senior general manager Ishak Chandra told a press
\nbriefing on Friday that the Customs and Excise Office set up a
\nbranch in the business park last March to serve tenants directly
\nunder a one-roof system.<\/p>\n
\"All customs and excise paperwork can be filled out in several
\nminutes. Our tenants don't have to go outside of the complex
\nsince customs and excise is part of our integrated system,\" he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
The service has attracted giant multinational freight
\nforwarding companies -- such as Japanese firms Kintetsu and
\nNippon Express USA Inc. and TNT Express -- to the 102-hectare
\nbusiness park.<\/p>\n
\"We are the only warehouse complex offering such a one-roof
\nservice in the country. We were able to convince the government
\nto extend its services into our complex because they believe we
\nare a credible firm and have many trustworthy tenants,\" Ishak
\nclaimed.<\/p>\n
Soewarna -- owned by the Sojitz Group of Japan, the Four
\nSeason group and several local shareholders -- has lured around
\n70 multinational companies to rent space there, including non-
\nrelated airport companies, such as German electrical and
\ncommunications company Siemens and New York-listed paint and
\ncoatings company Valspar Corporation.<\/p>\n
Businesses have often complained about the arduous clearance
\nprocedure for imported goods placed in warehouses within the
\nairport complex.<\/p>\n
The customs clearance procedure is supposed to be free of
\nadministrative charges, but businesses allege that customs and
\nexcise officials collect illegal fees and accept bribes for
\nspeedy clearance.<\/p>\n
Besides warehouses and the online system, the business park's
\nintegrated system is also equipped with Internet networking,
\noffice buildings, restaurants, a hotel, travel services and the
\n18-hole Cengkareng Golf Club.<\/p>\n
Ishak claims the golf club is one of the busiest golf clubs in
\nJakarta with 5,500 visitors monthly.<\/p>\n
Soewarna also offers potential tenants a customized warehouse
\nbuilding, called a built-to-suit facility.<\/p>\n
\"Tenants can choose the location inside the business park,
\npick a particular model and quality of building, then we build it
\nfor them. They just pay when it's finished,\" said Ishak.<\/p>\n
He added that Soewarna's income was expected to rise by 20
\npercent but refused to mention a figure. He also said the
\nbusiness park management intended to increase the number of
\ntenants by 10, with most expected to choose built-to-suit
\npremises, which have a minimum area of 2,000 square meters each.<\/p>\n
\"We don't expect many tenants because we are focusing on giant
\ncompanies to take the built-to-suit facility,\" said Ishak.<\/p>",
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