JAKARTA – Indonesia will tighten customs checks at small ports to crackdown on the unlawful import of second-hand sneakers, the trade ministry stated on Monday, responding to a Reuters report that discovered footwear donated to a recycling scheme in Singapore was shipped to Indonesia.
A six-month Reuters investigation revealed on Feb. 25 discovered that ten pairs of sneakers the information company donated to a recycling scheme run by U.S. petrochemicals large Dow and the Singapore authorities had been exported for resale in Indonesia.
Reuters reporters, utilizing location trackers hidden contained in the soles of sneakers, recovered sneakers it donated in Singapore at second-hand items markets within the Indonesian capit…
Carry on studying: Indonesia to tighten used shoe import controls after Reuters report
