Mendag: 95% of the needs of the domestic garlic is imported

Dana Aditiasari

Sindonews.com -Minister of trade (Mendag), Gita Wirjawan said 95 percent of the domestic garlic needs derived from the supply of imports. Thus, it is not appropriate when it is said domestic production constraints caused the price of garlic has jumped sharply.

"This garlic we mostly imports and failure of reason very few crops," said Gita in Hotel Bidakara, Jakarta, Thursday (14/3/2013).

On the basis of these, Gita asserts, it is not uncommon if the price of onions jumped very sharply as was the case at the moment, where the price of garlic permeate Rp50 thousand per kilogram (kg).

For that, he acknowledged, the current team that came under his Ministry Central do active steps by identifying hundreds of containers suspected of containing garlic that is stuck in the port of Tanjung Perak, Surabaya.

It is, says Gita, is intended to ascertain whether those conditions are intentional or not, thus causing the rise in the price of garlic.

"Less prevalent if the price of garlic as it currently on the market. So, we, along with the Ministry of agriculture will verify the process of licensing the container-the container from the start IT (the importer is registered), the RIPH (Horticultural Products Import Recommendations) and SPI (Import Approval Letter). At its core is the goods that have entered and leaning on the harbour and this was when they had the permission of the recommendations of the Kementan and Kemendag, "said he.

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Mandala still rely on domestic routes

David Ameidyo

Sindonews.com -commercial Director of PT Mandala Airlines, said Rafly, Brata it is targeting total passengers amounting to two million passengers by 2013. Domestic routes are still being the biggest market with a share of Mandala 70-80 percent of the entire aviation portion of the Mandala.

"Speak line fatter domestic take precedence so 70-80 percent. Domestic flights include to Padang, Pekanbaru, tomorrow we are launching (flight) daily to Pontianak, "he said while PT Mandala Airlines breafing media at the Soekarno-Hatta Airport's Terminal 3, Thursday (14/3/2013).

"Eastern Indonesia yet, new Java and Sumatra, Kalimantan in the future, probably in advance," he imbuh.

While, for flights abroad, it still relies on regional routes like Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, and Bangkok. "We are trying to approach the aviation authorities in Hong Kong and Australia to open a new route as soon as possible," said Brata.

As reported earlier, Mandala Airlines has introduced their latest aircraft, the Airbus A320. Pihanya will continue to demonstrate the consistency to compete in the market to respond to low-fare airline berjangkau and answer the needs of the market.

"Currently the Mandala serves 38 flights per har and with additional A320 we are seventh, we hope to expand with new routes in the near future," said Mandala Airlines President Director, Paul Rombeek.

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Cuts to hurt domestic security spending

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano sent a letter to lawmakers highlight how imminent spending cuts would affect her agency is able to carry out its functions, including border security.

"Disqualification will roll back border security, increased waiting times at ports of entry and airports in the nation, affecting air and maritime safety and security, vital infrastructure vulnerable to attacks, impede disaster response time. By and large scale back infrastructure cyber security, "Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano wrote in a letter to members of Parliament.

Will also have a significant part of the front line law enforcement personnel management should be given for up to 14 days, she said.

Sikoister-a series of blunt, automatic funding cuts across much of the federal budget beginning in March--was supposed to come into effect. Instead, the threat it was supposed to motivate legislators find a smarter way to reduce the deficit over the next decade.

But there is a deep divide between the political parties in Washington about how to replace sikoister. Democrats want to replace it with a combination of tax increases and more stepwise; spending cuts Republicans want to replace just cut spending.

With very little time remaining, chances are high that funding cuts will go into effect, at least temporarily.

In detail the White House last week, the impact of spending cuts on the rest of the Government. He warned sikoister ultimate cut 9% of its funding from non-defense programs and 13 per cent of defence programmes.

Napolitano, along with Secretary of education Arne Duncan and housing Secretary Shaun Donovan, will testify on Thursday before the Senate Appropriations Committee "after stepping down from their agencies.

-Jim Acosta SI contributed to this report.

First published: 13 February 2013: 6: 11 pm et

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