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Government resolved to further slash dwell times this year
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Coordinating Economic Minister Darmin Nasution (center), accompanied by Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi (right) and Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung, announces the 15th economic policy package at the State Palace in Jakarta on June 15. (JP/Anton Hermansyah)
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he government is working on two new economic policy packages that it hopes will reduce average dwell times at seaports to 1.9 days from the current 2.9 days.
The 16th and 17th economic policy packages were expected to help cut logistic costs, with the results to be felt in the final quarter of the year, said Coordinating Economic Minister Darmin Nasution.
“The dwell time is currently 2.9 days. We want it to be around 1.9 days in October or November,” he said on Monday, as reported by tempo.co.
(Read also: Indonesia launches 15th economic policy package)
The two upcoming packages are follow-ups to the 15th economic policy package, issued on June 15, which aims at enhancing the role of transportation insurance, reducing costs for logistic service providers, strengthening the Indonesian National Single Window (INSW) authority and reducing the number of prohibited and restricted goods.
Previously, Transportation Minister Budi Karya said there were three phases of dwell times at Tanjung Priok: pre-customs clearance of goods, customs clearance and post-clearance.
However, the Transportation Ministry said dwell time for certain goods, such as explosive materials for the military, would be longer than that of other goods, because such materials required longer checks before they were allowed to leave the port. (fss/bbn)
