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        "id": 1681243,
        "msgid": "trade-minister-urges-public-to-bring-shopping-bags-to-reduce-plastic-use-1776329450",
        "date": "2026-04-16 15:30:01",
        "title": "Trade Minister urges public to bring shopping bags to reduce plastic use",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Trade",
        "summary": "Indonesia's Trade Minister Budi Santoso has called on the public to reduce single-use plastic by carrying their own shopping bags, highlighting how this simple action can help traders manage rising costs amid global supply chain disruptions for plastic raw materials like naphtha. He noted that competition for scarce resources is slowing distribution and potentially increasing prices, which could affect the affordability of essential goods. Despite these challenges, domestic prices for basic necessities remain stable, and the government is coordinating to diversify supply sources to meet national industry needs.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta (ANTARA) - Trade Minister Budi Santoso has urged the public\nto start reducing the use of single-use plastic as a simple step to help\ntraders while maintaining the stability of prices for essential goods\namid global supply challenges for plastic raw materials.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to ANTARA at the Antara Heritage Center in Jakarta on\nThursday, Budi said that the current global supply chain conditions are\nmaking plastic raw materials, particularly naphtha, increasingly\ndifficult to obtain.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, shipping disruptions and competition between\ncountries for raw materials are causing distribution to slow and plastic\nprices to potentially rise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is actually an opportunity for us, starting from small things.\nFrom small things, we start to use plastic wisely, which may or may not\nbe necessary,\u201d Budi said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we bring bags, it means traditional markets also reduce plastic\nuse, right? Because when buying, traditional markets provide plastic.\nPlastic is expensive; traders are confused if they have to buy expensive\nplastic, which then affects other basic necessities,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>Budi believes public participation is important because plastic is\nused as packaging for various food commodities. Reducing plastic use is\nseen as able to help suppress traders\u2019 operational costs while\nmaintaining price stability at the consumer level.<\/p>\n<p>Although global supplies are under pressure, he assured that the\nprices of essential goods domestically remain relatively stable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn general, there hasn\u2019t been any significant increase yet.\nYesterday I checked the market in Gresik; everything was very cheap.\nChillies and all sorts of things had standard prices. On average, even\nbelow the HET. So I think it hasn\u2019t significantly affected prices,\u201d Budi\nstated.<\/p>\n<p>The government is currently continuing to coordinate with industry\nplayers and Indonesian trade representatives abroad to expand sources of\nplastic raw materials from various countries so that national industry\nneeds remain fulfilled.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/trade-minister-urges-public-to-bring-shopping-bags-to-reduce-plastic-use-1776329450",
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