VIVAnews - The implementation of the Asean-China FTA has yet to affect significantly on the revenue of Indonesia's customs and excise.
Director General of Customs and Excise Thomas Sugijata said the realized import duty as per January 31, 2010, reached IDR1.15 trillion or 6.97 percent of the targeted IDR16.57 trillion, compared to the previous amount of IDR1.31 trillion as per January 2008.
"Based on the the table, the FTA has yet to impose any effect," said Thomas on Wednesday, Feb 10.
As comparison, other revenues recorded in 2010 as per January on excise reach IDR5.23 trillion, 9.13 percent of the targeted IDR57.29 trillion. Moreover, the export duty reached IDR146.89 billion or 1.92 percent of the targeted IDR7.63 trillion.
Last year of the same period, the excise reached IDR4.07 trillion or 8.23 percent while export duty reached IDR2 trillion or 0.02 percent.
Thomas said the low revenues in customs and excise were normal in the early year.
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Translated by: Bonardo Maulana Wahono
