They included 175 dumping cases, 14 subsidized cases and 29 safeguarding cases, trade security director of the foreign trade directorate general of the ministry of trade Ernawati said in a press release received in Padang on Wednesday.
The 27 obstructing charges came from the European Union countries, India (27), United States (23), Australia (21), Turkey (17), South Africa (14), Philippines (10) and the rest less than ten cases facing New Zealand, Malaysia, China, Brazil, Thailand and Mexico.
He said the charges show the use of international trade security instruments like dumping, subsidy and safeguards already widely practiced in the advanced and developing countries.
With regard to the 218 cases charged to Indonesian producers and exporters, the trade security directorate has already processed 20 dumping cases, 95 cases subjected to anti dumping import duties and 103 cases no longer being investigated.
He said the foreign trade directorate general with an advocating task to the producers and exporters facing dumping, subsidizing and safeguarding charges needs to take proactive measures of providing information to business players and the general public.
Such proactive measures are very important in view of the tendency of the increasing dumping, subsidizing and safeguarding charges and other international trade technical obstacles to Indonesian export products by trading partner countries.
He said these obstacles unless properly dealt with, would subject Indonesian export products to anti dumping import duties, compensation import duties, securing import duties and holding orders.
All of these measures would raise the prices of Indonesian export products and become less competitive to the products of other countries or domestic competitors, he added.
And the impact of trade technical obstacles would be banning or destruction of Indonesian export products in their destinations, he said.(*)
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