Ada Pertanyaan? Hubungi Kami 
Ada Pertanyaan? Hubungi Kami Fitri Novia Heriani, Andin Aditya Rahman
Member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Economic Community (AEC) have decided to implement international standards for products that will be traded within the AEC in 2015.
T.A.R. Hanafiah, Deputy of Standardization Research and Cooperation at the National Standardization Agency (BSN), said that this decision was made to avoid differing product standard ratings by AEC members.
“There will be no ASEAN standard, because all products that are part of the 2015 AEC will be based on international standards,” stated Hanafiah during a press conference at the Jakarta Convention Center at Senayan last Thursday.
She also emphasized the importance of guiding domestic industrial sectors on how to satisfy product criteria in accordance with not only Indonesian National Standards (SNI), but also international standards.
Hatta Rajasa, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, added that standardization is an important aspect of global trade. The Minister said that the international standards that will operate in AEC in 2015 will be used to improve the standards of national industry.
However, the Minister admitted that Indonesia still faces infrastructural and standardization problems that are further aggravated by a lack of competent human resources.
“To speak of the 2015 AEC is also to speak of competitiveness and to improve our competitive edge with domestic infrastructure as an indicator,” stated Hatta.
(hot/kc)
Fitri Novia Heriani, Andin Aditya Rahman
Member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Economic Community (AEC) have decided to implement international standards for products that will be traded within the AEC in 2015.
T.A.R. Hanafiah, Deputy of Standardization Research and Cooperation at the National Standardization Agency (BSN), said that this decision was made to avoid differing product standard ratings by AEC members.
“There will be no ASEAN standard, because all products that are part of the 2015 AEC will be based on international standards,” stated Hanafiah during a press conference at the Jakarta Convention Center at Senayan last Thursday.
She also emphasized the importance of guiding domestic industrial sectors on how to satisfy product criteria in accordance with not only Indonesian National Standards (SNI), but also international standards.
Hatta Rajasa, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, added that standardization is an important aspect of global trade. The Minister said that the international standards that will operate in AEC in 2015 will be used to improve the standards of national industry.
However, the Minister admitted that Indonesia still faces infrastructural and standardization problems that are further aggravated by a lack of competent human resources.
“To speak of the 2015 AEC is also to speak of competitiveness and to improve our competitive edge with domestic infrastructure as an indicator,” stated Hatta.
(hot/kc)