Ministry's committee ready to process dumping charges
Ministry's committee ready to process dumping charges
JAKARTA (JP): The government's anti-dumping committee
has begun to process dumping charges brought against foreign
companies and has urged domestic companies to watch out for the
future dumping of imported products.
Aidil Yusar, the Ministry of Trade and Industry's secretary-
general, said yesterday that the number of dumping charges filed
by domestic companies regarding imported products is small
compared to the dumping charges lodged by foreign importers
against Indonesian companies.
"As of Sept. 20, 72 domestic firms had been accused of dumping
practices in 10 countries for 37 different products, compared to
only nine Indonesian cases against imported products," Aidil
said.
Daeng Nazier, a committee member responsible for dumping
charges brought against foreign firms, said that Minister of
Industry and Trade Tunky Ariwibowo has issued a decree on the
procedure for filing dumping charges.
Nazier said that the decree, issued earlier this month, is the
only reference used by the committee to evaluate the validity of
charges against foreign products.
He expects the decree to encourage domestic firms to report
more foreign dumping practices, but added that only one of the
nine charges filed has met the requirements of the decree.
"The charges in five cases have been rejected, while three
others have yet to be processed," he said.
The foreign firms accused of dumping practices in Indonesia
are based in Taiwan, China, South Korea, Russia, India, France
and Australia. The products involved are polyester, hot rolled
coils, wire rods and aluminum.
A committee member responsible for dumping charges against
Indonesian firms, Sudar S.A., said that of the 37 cases against
Indonesian companies, 12 have been cleared of anti-dumping
charges, 16 will have to pay anti-dumping duties and nine are
still under investigation overseas.
Sudar said that the 10 countries that have filed dumping
charges against Indonesian companies include Australia (with 12
charges), the European Union (six charges), New Zealand (five
charges), the Philippines (four charges), Canada (three charges),
the United States (one charge) and Japan (one charge).
The Indonesian products involved are cotton and yarns, glass
products, storage batteries, chemicals, food products, computer
disks, bicycles, melamine wares, footwear, rubber tires, matches
and lighters, stationery, aluminum sheets and mosquito coils.
Among the companies being charged are PT Tjiwi Kimia, PT Asahi
Glass Indonesia, PT Bogasari Flour Mills of the Salim Group, PT
Yuasa Battery Indonesia, PT Argo Pantes, PT Eratex Jaya, PT
Sorini Corporation, PT Mulia Glass, PT Hadtex Indosyntec, PT
Indorama, PT Polysindo and PT Multiraya Indah Abadi.
Sudar also confirmed that a team of foreign lawyers arrived
here on Tuesday to investigate a dumping charge on melamine
wares. (alo)