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Govt puts end to detained imports drama, as KPK calls for updated database
The Agriculture Ministry’s Quarantine Agency (Barantan) announced that 1,940 tonnes of quarantined imported goods, which had been detained for 35 days, had finally passed health inspections and been released from facilities.
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Cranes work to load and unload containers at Tanjung Perak Port in Surabaya, East Java. The port, one of the country's biggest, is operated by state-owned company Pelindo III. (ANTARA FOTO/Zabur Karuru/) (Antara/Zabur Karuru)
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he Agriculture Ministry finally released imported horticultural goods that had been detained for weeks on Sept.30, putting an end to a conundrum that had dragged several government institutions into the affair.
In a press conference conducted on Oct. 1, the Agriculture Ministry’s Quarantine Agency (Barantan) announced that 1,940 tonnes of quarantined imported goods, which had been detained for 35 days, had finally passed health inspections and been released from facilities.
“All of these horticultural products have gone through a series of quarantine measures, and are assured to be healthy and safe. The holding of these commodities was due to the absence of a Horticultural Product Import Recommendation (RIPH) document,” Barantan head Bambang said in Jakarta.
Data from Barantan show that the largest quantity of the detained imports are in Surabaya’s Tanjung Perak Port, amounting to 969,000 kilograms or 57 containers.
Detained imports in Jakarta’s Tanjung Priok Port and Medan’s Belawan Port amounted to 754,000 kg or 40 containers and 272,000 kg or 15 containers, respectively.
The imported products were revealed to be dried chillies, longans, oranges, grapes and apples that came from China, the United States, Australia, India, South Africa and Thailand.
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