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Trade Ministry seizes tanker imported from China over permit issue
The Trade Ministry has temporarily confiscated a Rp 50.9 billion (US$3.17 million) tanker imported from China over an allegedly missing import permit.
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Trade Minister Zulkifli Hasan prepares to brief the press on the country's 2023 trade performance at the Trade Ministry building in Jakarta on Jan. 4, 2024. (The Jakarta Post/Deni Ghifari)
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he Trade Ministry has temporarily confiscated a Rp 50.9 billion (US$3.17 million) tanker in Palembang, South Sumatra, citing a missing import permit.
Leading an on-the-ground inspection of the tanker, Trade Minister Zulkifli Hasan said the vessel had been flagged in a supervisory operation outside the customs area, or post-border.
As a used tanker, the 18-year-old Zi Yun 1, imported from China, is categorized as a non-new capital good (BMTB).
Zulkifli said that in response to the findings, the Trade Ministry had taken temporary security measures for the tanker through the Medan Orderly Business Supervision Center (BPTN) and in collaboration with the Finance Ministry’s Customs and Excise Directorate General.
“The Trade Ministry always regulates imported goods that do not meet import regulations. This is done to protect the public,” Zulhas said in a statement issued by the ministry on Wednesday.
The importer of the used 1,970-tonne tanker had complied with the customs and taxation requirement to hold a goods import notification document but had failed to comply with an import rule stipulated in Trade Ministry Regulation No. 7/2024, according to the statement.
The rule states that importers are required to have a business permit before the imported goods enter the customs area, a certification the tanker's importer allegedly did not have.
