The system was necessary to improve the quality of export goods, she said here Wednesday.
"All parties will certainly agree with such a regulation because it is associated with security . Otherwise, our goods may be embargoed," Mari said after attending a coordination meeting at her office on Wednesday.
The trade minister denied that exporters would not fully agree to the new regulation which was considered an impediment to the courier and freight forwarding business.
"But the complaint is related to the procedure, and the way the regulation is implemented and familiarized. All these That all we still have to discuss," Mari said.
She said the exporters hoped that the implementation of the policy was enacted after the transition period in order to pose no objection from the price increase.
Besides, the trade minister stressed the importance of Export Forum as a communication forum between exporters and stakeholders, especially to discuss the regulated agent.
"We have met the exporters from various sectors for eight times, and there have been efforts to inventory problems and the sharpening of policy-related discussions," Mari said.
She admitted that from a series of meeting, a number of issues related to logistics, price objections, and the regulated agent policy
have been conveyed in the coordination meeting with economic minister.
"All have agreed that a number of ministries will assign echelon-I officials to meet regularly in order to solve various problems," the minister said.
Based on decree No.255/2011 from Transportation Ministry, the implementation of regulated agent started on May 16, 2011. Inspection of cargo and airmail by the regulated agent for the initial stage was only applied at Soekarno-Hatta airport.
"Any goods which have been sealed by the customs should be reopened by the inspection agency, but it was actually not authorized to do so," she said.
(Uu.O001/HAJM)
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