Bandung, West Java Minister of Co-operatives and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Teten Masduki pressed for improving the regulation to protect the domestic textile industry from the override of imported products.In a dialogue with textile business players in Bandung District, West Java, on Sunday, the minister stated that the current regulation still cannot protect the domestic textile industry at the retailer to producer levels from the dominance of imported products.

ccording to Masduki, the safeguarding policy is less effective, as business players find that one piece of clothing can be sold under Rp25 thousand (US$1.62) online.

He remarked that textile business players in Bandung had urged the government to improve the regulation in the wake of the ease with which quite cheap products are entering Indonesia.

“That means that the regulation is not running well. However, we do not know whether (the imported products) enter the country unofficially or are not reported to the customs,” he stated.

Source: Antara News Agency