FREE TRADE
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Eighty-five percent of fruits in supermarkets are imported. Government strategies in developing the farming sector are unclear.
January 12, 2010
THE ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement, which became effective on January 1, made many businesspeople worried. Bad experience in the horticulture sector seems to be haunting business players in other sectors. Since it was opened in 2007-with zero percent in import duties-imported products dominate Indonesia's traditional markets and supermarkets. "Look at the supermarkets, 85 percent of the fruits being sold are imported," said the daily head of the N
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