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PT Asia Pacific Fibers Tbk (POLY) is holding off to produce of Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA) in 2019. Management claimed that this significant development also affected the results of its study of the corporate action plan in order to revive PTA production facilities.

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A number of youth in Cicadas Village, Babakancikao Subdistrict, Purwakarta Regency, West Java, are smoothing wooden pallets commonly used for shipping goods. They use wood pallets to be processed into items with high selling value.

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The export industry's mainstay assesses that there are still three aspects that the government must fix to increase exports, namely the integration of upstream to downstream industries, high energy prices and an increase in international trade agreements. Redma Gita Wirawasta, Secretary General of the Indonesian Filament Fiber and Yarn Producers Association (APSYFI), said the government has not yet solved a number of obstacles to improving competitiveness, such as high energy prices and high import volumes.

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The fiber and yarn industry is struggling to face the onslaught of imported products. Because they were unable to compete, the domestic industry was overwhelmed so that several factories were listed as bankrupt. Under these conditions, the Indonesian Filament Fiber and Yarn Producers Association (APSyFI) complained about the Minister of Trade Regulation Number 64/2017. This rule is one of the drivers of the surge in imports of fiber and yarn products.