Jakarta, Aktual.com – Minister of Agriculture, Amran Sulaiman, and the Jakarta Police chief Ins. Gen. Tito Karnavian on Tuesday, March 8 and then hold inspections Sea Eagle in warehouse area, Pantai Indah Kapuk, North Jakarta. At that location is found illegal rice from Vietnam are packed in faked sacks.
Researchers from Institute For Development of Economics and Finance (INDEF), Bhima Yudhistira said illegal rice imports a complete disaster for farmers.
“In addition to the purchase price of grain dropped because the harvest. Farmers also harmed from illegally imported rice at a cheaper price in the market,” he said when contacted Aktual.com, Thursday (10/3).
Bhima said, the condition is a challenge for the government in this case Bulog to give special attention to these issues. Moreover, this is directly related to the current conditions of rice farmers.
“For that Bulog had to work harder to fight againts this syndicate rice imports. The main entrance is through a syndicate of major ports need to be tightened,” he said.
Concrete, according to Bhima, there must be a food import control team at each port. unauthorized documents rice imports need to be checked back in.
“The authorities that conspiring to harbor illegal rice syndicates should also be dealt with firmly,” he said.
Especially for food products, the government should handle it different from other products.
“Monitoring food imports need to be tightened. Do not get cheated. Whereas syndicates of illegal food imports is not a new story,” he added.
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