Energy Ministry Wants Gradual Implementation of Tin Export Ban

By Editorial Team 02/02/2023
Summary

The Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Ministry wants the ban on tin exports to take place in stages. Director General of Mineral and coal Ridwan Djamaluddin revealed the amount of tin absorbed by domestic industries is still very small, only about five percent of the total production. Besides, tin is mostly used only as a supporting raw material in the production process, not the main one. Most of the raw materials for the production of tin chemicals and tin plates are still imported at high prices because no Indonesian producer can supply them.

"We also need time to strengthen the capacity of the downstream tin sector. Besides, the domestic market is still relatively small," Ridwan said in a hearing with the Energy Commission of the House of Representatives (DPR) on Wednesday. Therefore, the ministry proposes the idea of implementing the tin export ban in two stages. In the first stage, in a two-year period, the government implemented a policy forcing industries to substitute imported tin products with domestic ones and increase the production capacity of tin solder and chemicals factories in Indonesia.

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