ARISE+ Indonesia is building the capacity of the Government of Indonesia (GoI) and private sector to respond to trade remedy investigations launched against Indonesia by Turkey.
In February 2020 ARISE+ Indonesia engaged the services of a Turkish trade remedy expert, Mr. Serdar Baskin, to deliver a one-day trade remedies training workshop in Jakarta. The workshop was attended by 60 delegates from both the public and private sectors. The main objective was to enable Indonesian government officials, businesses and advisors to respond more effectively to trade remedy investigations initiated by Turkey.
Active Participation From Delegates
In her opening address, Mrs. Pradnyawati, Director of Trade Defence from the Ministry of Trade, highlighted the growing global threat of new protectionist measures and the need to better understand the investigations initiated by Turkey.
Indonesia has maintained positive trade balance with Turkey for the last 5 years. In 2019, the trade balance was USD 804.4 Million and grew 41.2% (USD 234.5 Million) from the year before. However, this positive trade balance was mainly due to the decline of oil and gas imports. Indonesian exports to Turkey declined by 2.94% or USD 34.7 Million, from USD 1.18 Billion to USD 1.15 Billion. Indonesia’s main export product to Turkey, man-made staple fibres or spun yarn, only grew by 3.55% over the past 5 (five) years. The slowing exports performance to Turkey is partly due to the imposition of numerous trade remedies measures that have lasted for many years.
Turkey is one of the most active users of this instrument, with total 227 anti-dumping initiations from 1995 to June 2019:
- Indonesian exports have been targeted 9 times, placing the country as the 6th most investigated country by Turkey
- All of the anti-dumping measures against Indonesian exports have lasted for more than 10 years
- Indonesia’s exports of Fittings and Polyester Synthetic Staple are the subject of anti-dumping duties by Turkey up to 2023, making the total imposition periods reach 17 and 23 years respectively.
Mr Baskin shared information and insights on Turkey’s trade remedy laws, policies practices, procedures and investigation requirements and addressed questions on the Turkish anti-dumping (7) and anti-circumvention (4) measures in place against Indonesia.
For Indonesian businesses, the improved capacity to respond to Turkish trade remedy investigations means that they can better defend their access to this important market.
