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The Minister of Trade in Indonesia, Zulkifli Hasan, has approved an Import Permit (SPI) for 300 thousand tons of garlic from China to help stabilize the domestic market. The National Food Agency requested this permit to reduce the high garlic prices in the country. However, the Minister emphasized that the timing of the garlic imports is now in the hands of the importers.
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Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - The Minister of Trade (Mendag) Zulkifli Hasan revealed that he had issued an Import Permit (SPI) for garlic with an import quota of 300 thousand tons from China. This is in line with the request of the National Food Agency (Bapanas) to speed up the issuance of the SPI by the Ministry of Trade (Kemendag) so that domestic garlic prices can return to stability. "Yes, we have issued (SPI) for 300 thousand tons of garlic," he said when met at the Ministry of Trade building, Jakarta, Thursday (15/6/2023). However, Zulhas admitted that he did not know when the actual imports entered Indonesia. Because, he said, it had been handed over to the garlic importers. "(The entry) is up to the importer, it's my time," said Zulhas. Previously, the Head of the National Food Agency (Bapanas) Arief Prasetyo said that as many as 110,901 tons of garlic from China would gradually enter the country. According to Arief, the entry of hundreds of thousands of tons of garlic could ...
Source: Cnbcindonesia
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