Bogor, March 28 -- Trade Minister Zulkifli Hasan and officials from his ministry's Directorate General of Consumer Protection and Trade Order destroyed illegal imported goods valued at a total of Rp9.3 billion (US$585 thousand) on Thursday.

Hasan remarked that the destroyed goods were seized by the Center for Trade Order of Bekasi during the January-February 2024 period due to non-compliance with applicable regulations in Indonesia.

"The total (value) reaches Rp9.3 billion," he noted at the Citeureup warehouse area, Bogor District, West Java Province.

The minister highlighted that the goods were destroyed in an effort to protect consumers from products that do not comply with the Indonesian National Standard (SNI).

Hasan also remarked...