Dream - The abundance of affordable imported goods has become a threat to the local trading industry in recent years. Moreover, imported goods easily enter Indonesia through e-commerce. This certainly needs to be anticipated through policies to protect the domestic industry, especially micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs). Minister of Trade Zulkifli Hasan revealed 3 efforts that have been made to empower MSMEs so that they can compete with imported goods. Here are some of them.

The Ministry also conducts trade promotion to India, the Middle East, and even Latin America to enhance export activities. One of the promotional efforts is also carried out by offering participation in events such as New York Fashion Week (NYFW) to support the local fashion industry.

In response to the abundance of affordable imported goods, Zulhas protects the domestic trade industry by seeking support from the National Police Chief and the Attorney General to form a task force to protect small and medium enterprises (UMKM) from illegal trade. In the future, imported products will be subject to Anti-Dumping Import Duty, Security Level Import Duty, and others. Previously, import trade has also been regulated in Trade Minister Regulation No. 36 of 2023.