Excessive Red Tape strangling export businesses in Indonesia

[Dave70]

How to complain without offending the government bureaucrat?

You don't want your "suggestion" backfiring as they can make your life difficult.

Anywhere I can complain safely or anonymously, with guaranteed result?

Nobody in business or trade association wants to speak about it publicly as nobody wants to be the "bad guy" offending government ministries or directorates. Sure, money talks but excessive red tape is annoying nonetheless. Removing the red tape will help improve ease of doing business in Indonesia (or rather lower the cost of doing business). Yes, some companies don't care about the "extra expense" and "minor inconvenience" even though the rules and formalities are ridiculous and unnecessary (suspiciously designed to create income for some government employees).

If only there is a confidential suggestion box for anonymous whistleblower ...

 

[snpark]

Unless you are Indonesian no one gives a shit

And even then if you are, it's even less

Just suck it up and accept it

Sorry. C'est la vie

How long it takes to get a K2 visa for USA ?
Or renew a passport in Italy?

There's red tape all over the world

 

[Dave70]

As my title suggests, it’s not about passport or visa but “excessive red tape strangling export businesses in Indonesia”.

I understand there are red tapes all over the world, but when it’s excessive, particularly ridiculous or unnecessary, somebody will complain sooner or later.

All depends on the Indonesian government, and their commitment to improve the ease of doing business and help the manufacturing industry export value-added products.

 

[snpark]

Duly noted, what are you trying to export?

 

[gemima]

As my title suggests, it’s not about passport or visa but “excessive red tape strangling export businesses in Indonesia”.

I understand there are red tapes all over the world, but when it’s excessive, particularly ridiculous or unnecessary, somebody will complain sooner or later.

All depends on the Indonesian government, and their commitment to improve the ease of doing business and help the manufacturing industry export value-added products.

It's not easy to import either. I run a business that needs to buy the odd instrument. None of them are made here because they are very specialized. I can only buy the items from a local business with an import license. So most of the instruments I might want to buy are unavailable to me (no-one is bothered to get a license to import one thing once). It's frustrating and it holds us back. But having it this way protects local manufacturers and Indonesia is following a protective model so anyone innovative/ niche finds it difficult.

 

[Dave70]

Duly noted, what are you trying to export?

Agricultural products and processed foods.

 

[fastpitch17]

Isn't it this nations president that keeps saying he is trying to make for people doing business here easier with much less red tape? At the same time it is this president who says less needs to be imported and more needs to be bought locally. Problem is, so much is not produced locally or quality is questionable and no one wants to shell out the big Rupiah to start a new manufacturing company. Looking at the offerings with processed food it seems China doesn't have any problems offering their items here and with a lot of it without Indonesian labeling.

I would think exporting agricultural products or anything would be seen as a plus for the nation and they would bend over backwards to help. Of course, agriculture and food products it would seem would have the most regulations from whatever nation you are exporting to.

 

[snpark]

Import I can understand

But for export I think the red tape is that they have to ensure anything leaving the country is "representing" Indonesia and so must be halal, certified, quality control etc etc
Especially food stuffs

I had a friend doing herbal medicines made from Indonesia herbs etc that even the foreign consulates and trade fairs asked him to exhibit and showcase, but as soon as he wanted to be international and export to sell his Indonesian products in Europes, he hit a dead end

They even wanted a say in the packaging and how and where it said made in Indonesia, produced in Indonesia, can have the flag or no flag on the box, etc etc

 

[centurion]

Import I can understand

But for export I think the red tape is that they have to ensure anything leaving the country is "representing" Indonesia and so must be halal, certified, quality control etc etc
Especially food stuffs

I had a friend doing herbal medicines made from Indonesia herbs etc that even the foreign consulates and trade fairs asked him to exhibit and showcase, but as soon as he wanted to be international and export to sell his Indonesian products in Europes, he hit a dead end

They even wanted a say in the packaging and how and where it said made in Indonesia, produced in Indonesia, can have the flag or no flag on the box, etc etc

Indonesia is exporting pigs to Singapore.

 

[snpark]

Dubai imports sand