Affected By Ramadan And Eid, Imports Of Indonesian Footwear And Other Products Increased Sharply In May.

With the coming of Ramadan and Eid al Fitr, Indonesia's imports of all products in May increased. Ready-made clothes Food and beverages, shoes Until children's toys.

According to statistics from the Central Statistical Institute (BPS), imports of non knitted garments increased from 1 million 930 thousand kg in April to 17 million 220 thousand kg in May to 2 million 110 thousand kg, with a total value of US $16 million 440 thousand.

　　 Indonesia Ade Sudrajat, chairman of the Textile Industry Association (API), said that clothing imports at least $25 million a month, which will rise by nearly 20%-30% from the rest of the day, mainly from the United States, the European Union, Japan and China, A De said. "At ordinary times, importers will import garment products that are out of season, so that they can be sold at a low demand." The price of imported products is more competitive than domestic products, because they are not subject to teaching. Value added tax (PPN).

In addition, the import of processed food increased in May from 15 million 910 thousand kg in April to 52 million 360 thousand kg to 16 million 60 thousand kg, equivalent to 58 million US dollars. The import of beverages increased from 7 million 90 thousand kg in April to 6 million 170 thousand kg in total to 10 million 40 thousand kg, with a total value of US $8 million 430 thousand.

Franky Sibarani, Secretary General of the Indonesian food and Beverage Association (Gapmmi), said that during the first 2 months of the month of Ramadan, the import of food and beverages was the highest. "Now the year of Ramadan is in July, meaning that imports rose significantly in May, and in June, it was bigger than in July."

Similar to last year, most of the imported products were biscuits, candies and canned fruit juice, mainly imported from Malaysia, accounting for 20% of the import share, followed by China and Singapore.

Nevertheless, imported products are relatively small, because only 5% of China's food and beverage market share, most of the demand is still supplied by domestic products. "Usually imported Kurma juices and jujube juice, mainly jujube juice must be imported, because quantity or raw materials can not be supplied at home."

Frankie cautioned that, however, more illegal imports than the official record of imports would give greater weight to the competitiveness of domestic products.

The illegal import product has no sales licence (domestic or foreign trademark), and the sales license is forged or expired. "With the upgrading of domestic demand, the import of illicit products is also rising."

Nevertheless, Bayu Krisnamurthi, Vice Minister of trade, is convinced that after 2 months of deficit in June, the trade balance will again surpass in June. This confidence is based on the decline in the import of food and beverages in the first 1 months of the month of Ramadan. "Why did China's imports rise earlier? That's because the food and beverage industry is facing a lot of stock in the rush."