Indonesia Preparing Safeguards Against Textile Imports

Indonesia is preparing safeguard policies for textile imports to protect its domestic textile industry, the country’s Ministry of Trade said Oct. 31, according to an unofficial translation. An Indonesian trade official said the safeguard policies may include both temporary and permanent measures and suggested the country is close to imposing them, saying the Trade Ministry has “finished” deliberations on the measures. The safeguard could be “quite suppressing” for imports to the textile industry, Indonesia said.