Local products

Local products

From Neraca

It is impossible for the Indonesian government to stop the
flood of foreign products by imposing high import taxes. Such an
effort is out of date.

Encouraging the public to love local products and buy fewer
foreign items is a better policy.

In the Fourth Development Cabinet, there was a state minister
for the promotion of local products (UP3DN). Then, Ginandjar
Kartasasmita and his office conducted many campaigns to promote
local products.

Ginanjar Kartasasmita, in a National Chamber congress, said
then that his office had only seen a few results from the
campaigns, which may have been due to a local preference for
foreign goods. The office was later closed.

All parties should continue the campaigns for local products
while producers need to improve the quality of their products so
that they are able to compete.

Even though oranges from Pontianak, West Kalimantan, and
apples from Malang, East Java, are a little bit sour, they are
still okay. But please, don't sell them at a higher price than
their sweeter foreign counterparts.

MURNIATI SUMANTRI

Jakarta