Indonesia tackles used-clothing imports to protect local jobs

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Indonesia is intensifying a crackdown on illegally imported second-hand clothing blamed for battering its domestic textile industry, a move that has been welcomed by manufacturers but rattled thrift sellers and shoppers struggling with shrinking purchasing power.Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa announced plans to issue a new regulation reinforcing a 2022 Trade Ministry ban on used clothing imports. The measure would allow authorities to blacklist importers caught smuggling in used...