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KADIN Indonesia fully supported the tightening of horticultural products imports in Indonesia and has asked to provide incentives for farmers to increase production.
"We need to provide incentives, especially to SMEs to meet their supply," said KADIN Indonesia’s Chairman Suryo Bambang Sulisto after meeting with the government at the Jakarta Convention Centre on 28th January 2013.
Mr Sulisto is concerned about the practice of horticultural imports and believes that Indonesia is actually able to produce these commodities without having import.
"We import vegetables and actually it is not difficult to produce them by ourselves," added Mr Sulisto.
He added that he was aware that there would be aggrieved parties due to such policies such as importers for example. However, he stated that increasing the domestic production was important.
The government issued a policy which bans the imports of 13 horticultural products for six months. The policy applies from January until June 2013.
The 13 products include potatoes, cabbage, carrots, chili, pineapple, melon, banana, mango, papaya, durian, chrysanthemums, orchids and heliconia flowers.
KADIN Indonesia - 2013
Capital: Jakarta
Population: 259 million (2016)
Currency: Indonesian Rupiah
Nominal GDP: $936 billion USD (IMF, 2016)
GDP Per Capita: $3,620 USD at Current Prices (IMF, 2016)
GDP Growth: 5.0% (2016)
External Debt: 36.80% of GDP (BI, Q2 2016)
Ease of Doing Business: 91/190 (WB, 2017)
Corruption Index: 90/176 (TI, 2016)
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