REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA-- Finance Ministry's Customs Directorate General and the General Administration of China Customs (GACC) have inked an agreement to halt the cross-border trade of drugs and other illicit products, an official said here on Sunday. The deal will be implemented in two programs, including the data and technology sharing, as well as the capacity building.
"These moves are aimed to tackle the trade of illicit products effectively," Heru Pambudi, the director general of Indonesian customs said in a written statement received by Antara in Jakarta, Sunday.
Under the Customs Cooperative Arrangement (CCA) on Information Exchange and Enforcement agreement, the two parties will launch a joint effort to battle against the trans-national drug dealers. The organized crime, Pambudi noted, has became a top concern of both China and Indonesia.
The two countries, he noted, will transfer information to strengthen the risk management system, while in the same time, launching more programs to fight against the illegal drugs trade. The two customs authorities also have agreed to improve the human resources capacity through training on supervision, investigation, and joint operation, as well as knowledge sharing session.
Following the deal with China's custom authority, Pambudi stated, that he has represented Indonesia to attend the e-commerce conference that was hosted by the World Customs Organization (WCO) in China. As the first conference on e-commerce and customs, the event has talked basic principles and effective management on the current trend of cross-border electronic trade around the world. The conference, he stressed, also discussed on the customs issues on the e-commerce.
"During the conference, the Indonesian Customs Authority has an opportunity to share its views that the Indonesian government will charge an import duty tariff to the digital products distributed through e-commerce," Pambudi emphasized.
He explained that the electronic trade which has been flourished for the past years, is one of the challenges posed by the authority.
Hence, every customs authority, need to ensure that all dealers, both digital and conventional, will be treated on the similar level playing field. All dealers will be charged by the similar tax and tariff, he noted.
During the talk, Pambudi also stated that Indonesian government will support the micro industry, and as the result, it could effectively use the e-commerce as a platform to penetrate into exports market overseas.
The Indonesian customs, Pambudi said, will ease the tariffs for the micro and middle industries, in order to help them compete with the multinational companies in the digital market.
Apart of the two agendas, Pambudi also met with the Chinese private electronic companies, namely JD.com and Huawei Technologies Ltd.
The meeting is aimed to share information on the customs facility in Indonesia, as well as the updates on the e-commerce technology system, the risk management system, and the regulations imposed on the digital product in China.
"We are planning to apply the technology and information (of Chinese e-commerce system) to Indonesia, in order to support the small and middle industries to compete at the global market," he stressed.
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