Jakarta (Antara Babel) - The government will ease several regulations on local products, so they can meet the standards already set in the Technology Readiness Level, Coordinating Maritime Affairs Ministry's Deputy Ridwan Djamaluddin stated here, Wednesday.
"We will simplify some laws on product and technology applications, including on the certification procedures," he noted in Jakarta.
The problem being currently faced is that several local products have yet to penetrate the national market owing to administrative and procedural issues.
Hence, most people choose to import products rather than purchasing local goods.
"After relaxing some regulations, we hope these local products would be able to penetrate the market, and people will leave out the option of buying imported goods," he remarked.
The deputy further said, several administrative issues, for instance, the country's electric car has been barred from being marketed to the public.
"The product has been manufactured but not yet marketed, so we should check the problems whether they are due to the lack of budget, certification, or something else," he reiterated.
Apart from electric cars, the Coordinating Maritime Affairs Ministry and Transportation Ministry had earlier teamed up to accelerate the certification on aircraft navigation, or commonly known as "Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast."
The certification procedure had been arranged earlier by the country's Assessment and Application of Technology Agency.
"We could save around Rp10 billion of the state's budget by using our own radar technology," he remarked.
Djamaluddin added that the ministry has committed to improving the readiness of local products, so in future, we could limit the use of imported technology.
According to the deputy's statement, other countries have eased their regulations to support and safeguard local technologies and products.
On a different occasion, the Technology and Higher Education Ministry's Director General of Innovation Jumain Ape stated that some technical issues, including funding, could halt the entry of local products into the national market.
