inp.polri.go.id - Jakarta. In the submission of garlic imports in the future, the government stated that the ability to realize imports will be one of the criteria for issuing garlic import approvals (PI).

"The ability to realize imports will be one of the criteria for assessing importers performance, for the issuance of import approvals in the following years," said Deputy III of the Presidential Chief of Staff for Economic Affairs, Edy Priyono on Saturday (9/28/2024).

In his statement, he noted that it requires joint effort from all parties to optimize garlic imports for this year. In accelerating this optimization it needs to be encouraged, especially by the Ministry of Trade.

Edy emphasized that if the realization of imports is still not optimal, it will certainly continue to make the price of the commodity high domestically, considering that the need for garlic in the country is still entirely supplied from abroad.

At the end of the opportunity, he said that if the acceleration of import realization could be done, prices could be more controlled and the public gets a more affordable price for garlic.

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