European companies have accused three Batam manufacturers of falsifying their products, claiming that the exported goods were made in China, a Batam Indonesia Free Zone Authority (BIFZA) official has said.
Under the complaints, there had been a suspicion that the Batam companies only put some labels on their products, while the items were not originally made in Indonesia, before exporting them to three European countries: Germany, Spain and Sweden.
The European companies, which had filed complaints to the Trade Ministry, claimed that the three local manufacturers transported empty containers to Singapore before loading the containers with made-in-China products, said Fatullah. Full story
