Indonesia will tighten customs checks to crackdown on the illegal import of second-hand shoes, responding to a Reuters report that found footwear donated to a recycling scheme in Singapore was shipped to Indonesia for resale
In 2015, Indonesia banned the import of second-hand clothing and footwear over concerns about hygiene, as well as to protect the local textile industry.
In a statement titled "dismantling the scandal of illegal imports of used shoes", Indonesia's Ministry of Industry said on Monday that as a result of the Reuters story it would increase checks at ports to intercept any illegal second-hand shoe shipments. "The practice of illegal importation of used shoes must be stopped because it has a bad impact on the domestic footwear industry."
Reuters reporters, using location trackers hidden inside the soles of shoes, recovered sneakers it donated in Singapore at second-hand goods markets in the Indonesian capital Jakarta and on Batam, an island 19 km south of Singapore.
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