Whether Indonesia is ready to Face AFTA?

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          AFTA (ASEAN Free Trade Area) is an example of a free trade area of ​​southeast asia are. AFTA itself will begin at the end of December 2015. Look of readiness traders in Indonesia itself is lacking, even they do not know what it AFTA and they tend not to approve the AFTA agreement. On the other hand relevant government authorities also lack the socialization of AFTA and governments also lack the structures - means that support for the exercise of AFTA in Indonesia, such as the lack of road infrastructure, the distribution of goods that are still disrupted and many more. In terms of products, product quality - Indonesian products can still be offset, even better than the product nine other ASEAN countries. AFTA could also have a positive impact for Indonesia, which is where the AFTA could be an opportunity for traders to market their products abroad with ease. But to achieve a positive impact, the government should play an active role in the preparation towards this afta, such as by creating a strategy or policy that can make Indonesia ready and assist Indonesia in AFTA.
 

          We know that it has now entered the era of globalization in which one example is the free trade diakannya. In Southeast Asia alone there is an agreement on free trade, known as the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA). AFTA was established with the aim to make the ASEAN region as a competitive production that ASEAN products have strong competitiveness in the global market, attract more Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), increase trade between ASEAN member countries (intra-ASEAN Trade) (accessible from www .tarif.depkeu.go.id / Others /? hi = AFTA, on 25 January 2015 at 14:31). Seeing the course of AFTA who lived a few months longer (late December 2015) Indonesia as not too concerned with such activities. It can be seen from the perpetrators kesiaapan economy, especially small and medium-sized traders located in Tanah Abang Market which is the biggest wholesale market in Southeast Asia. Even just a few merchants there who knew what and when AFTA AFTA activities will take place, they prefer to think of the advantages - advantages that they can now think about the problem of the future. And if you do not prepare well AFTA can make them more difficult to compete in terms of trade and can shut down their business little by little. So it can be concluded by the trader opinion that Indonesia is still not ready to face AFTA and the government in terms of the lack of attention in this regard.
 

          AFTA (ASEAN Free Trade Area) is an agreement made by the state - Southeast Asia 'countries to make the region free of Commerce in order to improve the competitiveness of southeast asia region. Indonesia, which is part of the ASEAN will face the AFTA which will be held late 2015's. But from kesiapaan itself can be seen that Indonesia is not ready to deal with it. It can be seen from the many small traders / medium which is still less concerned with the AFTA itself and they also assume that AFTA is not necessary. And if they are ready, AFTA could be a golden opportunity they can get to promote their businesses and market their products - their products to the international market. From the government side also give less attention to the readiness of AFTA, the government should create a strategy that can support activities such as revamping the infrastructure sector and provide assurance / protection against product - Indonesian products so as not to be imitated. AFTA Indonesia can serve as an early learning in terms of free trade. So for years - in the future Indonesia will be more prepared to deal with the scope of free trade is far greater.