North Sumatra’s plastic and plastic product imports in the first semester of 2011 almost doubled to US$107.449 million from US$55.99 million in the same period last year.
"The imports mostly came from China," Head of the North Sumatra Provincial Statistics Office Suharno said here on Saturday.
In the first half of 2011 North Sumatra also imported plastics and plastic products from Malaysia, Thailand and Saudi Arabia, he said. The plastic and plastic product imports from China consisted of daily needs, ranging from plates, drinking apparatuses to toys.
"Plastic and plastic product imports from China have shown an upward trend particularly since the Indonesia-China free trade accord was put into force," he said. Azmuni, a trader at Petisah market in Medan, added the plastic products including plate, glass and toys were in great demand.
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