Mangosteen Bogor Difficult Market Entrance Australia

Tropical fruit products from Indonesia up to now still difficult to enter the market Affairs Australian Kangaroos. Some products such as bark fruit, Mango and Mangosteen intercepted provisions of Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) in Australia.This is part of the discussion between the Indonesian Trade Minister Mari Elka Pangestu, when meeting the Australian Trade Minister Craig Emerson today within the framework of Trade Ministers? Meeting (TMM) to-9.

Australia?s strict SPS measures have made the products of Indonesia?s tropical fruits difficult to penetrate the Australian market, although rates for these commodities is 0%.To resolve this problem, the government invited the inspection team (biosecurity team) from Australia to conduct a survey on the quality of fruit plantations and packing process in Leuwiliang Mangosteen, Bogor, which meets international standards.

Director General of International Trade Cooperation of the Ministry of Commerce Gusmardi Bustami said the government would prioritize ease of market access for fruit mangosteen, bark, and mango that goes into the Australian market.

There are some who entered label our food is not good,Indonesian government will cooperate with the Australian government about Indonesian food labeling and access the Australian market.

Efforts will be championed by a shared recognition, which will be entered into the IA-CEPA. Gusmardi promise, the agreement with Australia will be completed within this year.

Besides fruits, the problems faced by Indonesian products in Australia is the holding order imposed on Indonesian food products such as soy sauce, strawberry cream snack, snacks from cassava and razor clams. According to records held Secretary of Commerce, there were 13 cases holding orders in Australia in 2010 which imposed against Indonesian food products.

Bilateral trade issues between the two countries are also discussed among others about market access to Indonesia Australian farm products, food labeling requirements in Indonesia, the pre-consultation meetings IA-CEPA negotiations. The development of ratification of the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area (AANZFTA).