The Import Fabrics Flood Local Markets
Economy October 6th, 2009
Since the opening of free markets, various types of imported fabrics with good quality and cheap now easily obtained by consumers. As happened in the Pasar Badung that become the center of textile sales in Denpasar, Bali. From monitoring SCTV, Tuesday (5 / 1), various types of fabrics from China, India, Japan, and Korea more easily found with a very affordable price. This course is hitting the local garment products are more expensive but the quality was better than the garment imports.
Japanese brocade for example, cost only USD 25 thousand per meter, while the local brocade over USD 50 thousand. Satin from China sold at Rp 30 thousand per meter, while the local fabric 35 to 50 thousand dollars.
Garment imports are expected to increasingly flood the domestic market. Thus only a matter of time for the local textile industry to die which will result in more and more unemployment.
