Malaysia bars RI's batik sarong

Malaysia bars RI's batik sarong

JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian batik sarong is barred from
entering Malaysia because of protectionist barriers, the
Malaysian embassy's chief commissioner of trade, Sukandar Abdul
Latif, said.

However, Latif told The Jakarta Post here yesterday that other
kinds of Indonesian batiks could be exported to Malaysia.

In response to a complaints this week that Indonesian
exhibitors were not allowed to bring their batik products with
them, he said that Indonesian batik sarongs could be brought into
Malaysia for exhibitions on the condition that they will be
brought out again after the event.

The chair-person of the Indonesian Association of Fashion
Designers and Producers, Poppy Dharsono, said earlier this week
that three Indonesian fashion designers were prevented from
bringing their batik products with them for participation in the
first ASEAN Fashion Expo to be held in Kuala Lumpur from July 21
to July 25.

Latif said there might be a misunderstanding in this case
since the Malaysian government has never barred Indonesian batiks
in general, only the batik sarong.(als)