Economist Reveals Gaps in Illegal Imported Goods Entering Indonesia

November 7, 2025
5:23 PM

Jakarta, hitclubapk3 Indonesia
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Researcher at the Center for Industry, Trade and Investment
Indef
Ahmad Heri Firdaus said the goods
illegal import
enter via mouse port or
port
unofficial.
“Illegal imports should be the president’s direct command. With the vastness of Indonesia and the many ports that have the potential to become rat harbors, it is a challenge for us to maintain the security of illegal imported products,” he said in a virtual Public Discussion of Responses to Economic Growth for the Third Quarter of 2025, Thursday (6/11).
Heri believes that if illegally imported products enter the Indonesian market, they will be difficult to detect.Therefore, he believes that action against illegal imported goods must be directly commanded by President Prabowo Subianto.
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Moreover, he continued, domestic products, especially garments, do not compete on equal terms with imported products.This is because imported goods are sold cheaper because production costs are lower or because there are subsidies from the country of origin.
Imported goods also enter the Indonesian market without being subject to high import duties.Meanwhile, local products have to bear greater taxes.
“Imported ones
made easy
, gratuitous entry.We can buy it freely at
marketplace
.We don’t know how safe it is
how?
“We don’t know the origin of the product, whether he paid taxes properly,” he said.
Therefore, he believes the government must take firm action.
“If the government is just watching, no
what are you doing?
“If you only do it partially, not comprehensively, it will be difficult to solve this problem,” said Heri.
Previously, the circulation of illegally imported goods became the concern of Minister of Finance Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa.It’s limiting
thrifting
because it disrupts the sustainability of the domestic textile industry.
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