Indonesian Smartphone Market Takes Huge Hit From Pandemic

... local smartphone industry by reducing illegal smartphone imports. The IMEI requirement means ...

Hoe Import Debacle Exposes Indonesian Industry's Shortcomings

... . The recent debacle over hoe imports in Indonesia offers valuable lessons ... ," Agus said. Importing Hoes Is Illegal The Trade Ministry has revealed ... Indonesia is actually illegal, except in semi-finished form. "Imports [of hoes ...

By April Next Year, Your Black Market Phone Won't Work in Indonesia

... , in an attempt to curb illegal smartphone imports. Under the regulation, local ... , lax border control is allowing illegal – and cheaper – smartphones to continue ... five smartphones in Indonesia is illegal. While the government currently does ...

Gov't to Issue Regulation Blocking Illegal Mobile Phones

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Jokowi and Prabowo Favor Image, Populist Jargon Over Detail in Second Debate

... the tropical oil, slash fuel imports and narrow a yawning current ... , which has been struggling with illegal logging, slash-and-burn land ...

Activists Warn of Gaps as EU Lifts Ban Threat on Thai Fishing Industry

... Tuesday to ban Thai fishing imports into the bloc, saying that ... has made progress in tackling illegal and unregulated fishing. The European ... not sufficiently addressing the issues. "Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing damages ...

Swamped With Plastic Waste: Malaysia Struggles as Global Scrap Piles Up

... many towns in Malaysia where illegal plastic recycling factories have popped ... a Chinese ban on waste imports from the beginning of this ... China said it would ban imports of foreign waste from 2018 ... handle such volumes. Malaysia's imports of plastic waste from its ...

Thailand to Ban Imports of High-Tech Trash, Plastic Waste

... licenses for waste imports and crack down on illegal shipments of ... media on Wednesday that imports of some electronic appliances ... laws better enforced to prevent illegal imports. Vietnam's central bank ... also planned to ban imports of plastic waste in the ...

Vietnam to Limit Waste Imports as Shipments Build Up at Ports

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Duterte Vows to Keep Up 'Relentless and Chilling' Drug War

... demanding it be stopped. "The illegal drugs war will not be ... replacing quantitative restrictions on rice imports with tariffs, to bring prices ...