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The Controllers of Textile Import Quotas

Monday, October 27, 2025

It is suspected that textile import quotas are still being unfairly distributed, worsening the strain on an already distressed industry.

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Ilustrasi: TEMPO/Alvin Siregar. tempo : 177662262477.

SPOOLS of yarn hang from rows of spinning machines. A loud mechanical hum fills the air as workers move busily, though their numbers have fallen by more than half. Andi, 41, the production manager of a filament yarn factory in Bandung, West Java, monitors a line of machines on Tuesday, October 21, 2025. “We used to run three shifts, operating round the clock. Now we’re down to one,” he said during Tempo’s visit.

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Caesar Akbar, Ilona Esterina, and Aminuddin (Bandung) contributed to the writing of this article. 

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