Indonesian plastics producers seek import curbs as factories run below capacity
Industry association Inaplas says plants are operating at around 60-70% of capacity and wants safeguards and anti-dumping measures.
Indonesia’s plastics industry has asked Industry Minister M Sarmuji for measures to restrict imports, saying competition from cheaper foreign products has left domestic factories operating at around 60-70% of capacity.
Suhat Miyarso, chairman of the Indonesian Olefin, Aromatic and Plastic Industry Association (Inaplas), raised the concerns at the Industry Ministry on 5 November 2026. He said imported products were making it difficult for local manufacturers to sell their output in Indonesia.
Suhat alleged that imports were being sold at dumped and lower prices. Inaplas asked the minister to consider trade remedies, including safeguards and anti-dumping measures, which it hopes would curb imports and give domestic producers more room to sell.
With lower imports and government support, the association would push for capacity utilisation of at least 80-90%, Suhat said. He also suggested utilisation could return to 100%, arguing that domestic manufacturers could meet demand for plastic materials without further imports if those conditions were met.
