Curbing Illegal Textile

The textile import business is growing, some enter the country through illegal channels. Sixty companies are suspected of involvement.

Retno Sulistyowati

April 3, 2023

SEVERAL sheets of floral-patterned batik captivated visitors at the Inatex-Indo Intertex Exhibition at the JIExpo Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, on Wednesday to Friday, March 29 to 31. At first glance, the batik looked like a gentongan batik motif from Madura, East Java. But the fabric was, in fact, imported textile made by the Chinese company Changxing Tianxiang Textile Co Ltd. Apparently, the exhibition with 500 participants was dominated by Chine

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