3 Day Detained, Vietnam's Imported Rice Finally Dismantled

INDUSTRY.co.id - Cilegon - Vietnamese Vinh Hung ship carrying imported rice, finally allowed to unload the cargo, after a boat loaded with rice as much as 6 thousand tons was stuck 3 days in the waters of Merak.

After the Bulog Subdivre Tangerang completes the shortage of documents, Customs and Excise Service Office of Merak Customs, allows imported rice to land at Indah Kiat Cilegon Harbor, Banten.

Subsequently, the loading and unloading activities were directly supervised by Bulog Subdivre Tangerang, Supervisory and Service Office of Customs and Excise of Merak madya type, Agricultural Class II Cilegon and Police at Indah Kiat Harbor, Cilegon City, last Wednesday (14/2/2018) .

Demolition is carried out after the first done by physical checks by officers BKP class II Cilegon to be wary of the entry of pests carried from the country of origin.

It is also justified Rahmat Kurnia, as functional coordinator of plant quarantine, at Cilegon Class II Agricultural Quarantine Institute.

"Actually, this imported rice has been fumigated by the quarantine of the country of origin, but in anticipation of the pest that we carry back we check it, which looks good physically we let dismantled, but this is not all, if any, we will stop the ship and the load we bring to the middle for re-fumigation, "said Rahmat.

Meanwhile, Head of Public Service Operations Sub Drive Tangerang, Heru Stadyanto, said, thousands of tons of rice is planned to be taken for temporary storage in warehousing located in Cikande, Banten.

"The shipment is to Bulog DBM Cikande warehouse, we have prepared three units of warehouse to accommodate this rice," Heru explained.

The process of loading and unloading thousands of tons of rice was targeted to be completed before one week. There are at least 50 large trucks to transport imported rice, which is planned to be stored in the area of ​​warehousing complex Bulog in Serang Cikande Region.

Previously had reported, the ship that departed from the port of Ho Chi Minh City has arrived at Merak since Sunday (11/2/2018). But can not be done because of dismantled submission of documents that have not been complete.