GINSI calls for trade boycott

GINSI calls for trade boycott

JAKARTA (JP): The Association of Indonesian Importers (GINSI)
threatened on Monday to call for a boycott goods from Australia
and New Zealand, two countries it singled out as meddling with
Indonesia's domestic affairs over the East Timor affair.

The boycott threat would be carried out if the two countries
tried to impose their will in sending troops to East Timor, GINSI
chairman Amirudin Saud told reporters.

Indonesia has run deficits in its trade with Australia and New
Zealand, he said.

Indonesia's imports from Australia include textile fibers,
non-ferrous metals, petroleum products, machinery, metals, dairy
products and bird eggs, iron and steel and electrical machinery.

"We have nothing to lose. We could turn to the United States,
Europe and Asia for alternative suppliers," he said. (01)