45 Million Shipments From Abroad Through Batam, This is BP Batam's Plan

TRIBUNBATAM.id - BP Batam is currently preparing an import quota for small and medium businesses (SMEs), which is for resellers in Batam.

At present, BP Batam officers and officials in the field of goods traffic have also been directed to recheck the parent quota that has been set.

"Don't let the goods be overloaded and not needed," said BP Batam Deputy Area Management and Investment, Sudirman Saad.

Meanwhile, related to imported goods in Indonesia, which 77 percent transit through Batam, it was not denied by Sudirman and had an influence on the status of tourist cities other than industry.

"My estimation is that they cannot ship goods up to 45 million annually. But our national statistical data from 57.9 million shipments of goods from abroad to Indonesia during 2019, about 77.7 percent of transit in Batam. There are 45 million shipments from overseas via Batam. This means Batam is designed as an industrial and tourism city, "he explained.

Batam's status as a Free Trade Zone region, actually related to consumer goods, is intended only to meet the needs of Batam citizens.

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Then import to support the industry.

"So it is not designed as a place or trade traffic for goods from abroad transiting in Batam and then entering in Indonesia," he said.

Sudirman added BP Batam would re-check the quota of imported goods from Batam, which totaled 45 million shipments.

On that basis also, BP Batam encourages online SMEs in Batam, forming associations.

"This is to ascertain how many people are involved and the turnover of shipment," said Sudirman.

In the same place, Head of Trade Sub-Directorate, Directorate of Goods Traffic, BP Batam, Yani Alkindi said, his party would conduct an evaluation of import quotas.

Reseler is technically evaluated from the quota side.

"Importers' requests for some things were also evaluated. Especially for imports of HS Code type. Such as shoes, bags, socks and textiles," said Yani, who was beside Sudirman.

In the compilation of import quotas, Batam Business Entity (BP), also considers Batam as a tourism city.

It prepares a quota for tourist needs, before the parent quota is determined.

So in the preparation of import quotas and the needs of community, also consider the needs of tourists.

Good consumption in Batam for souvenirs.

BP Batam Deputy Area Management and Investment, Sudirman Saad stressed that to calculate import needs, it could not only count the population of 1.3 million people.

However, it must pay attention to tourists entering Batam, more than 2 million.

Both domestic tourists and foreign tourists. Not including foreign tourists who enter Batam.

"We also calculate the needs of tourists. So the need for importing goods must consider the tourists," said Sudirman, Tuesday (1/28/2020).

He considered the needs of Batam citizens, not all original for the residents of Batam.

But must think of tourists.

"Batam is also extraordinary. More foreign tourists than residents," he said. (tribunbatam.id / Roma Uly Sianturi)

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