Businessman Asks for Additional Time

A number of industrial sectors proposed that the zero ODOL policy, which is planned to be implemented in 2023,

was postponed to 2025 in order to prepare and redesign the existing transportation fleet. Deputy Chairperson of the Public Policy Division of the Food and Beverage Entrepreneurs Association (Gapmmi) Rachmat Hidayat said if zero ODOL (over dimension overload) was implemented in 2023, the industry would need a large amount of fast funds to meet the applicable regulations. However, he emphasized that the industry is not anti-zero ODOL, it's just that the timing of its implementation needs to be reviewed. Moreover, the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has suppressed the industry in the past year. "Under Apindo, we initiated academic research conducted by UGM and the results were submitted directly by the Chair of Apindo to the Minister of Transportation last January," said Rachmat, Thursday (10/6). Meanwhile, member of the Public Policy Division of the Indonesian Palm Oil Association (Gapki) Agung Utomo said the implementation of zero ODOL was not a major problem. "The most crucial thing is the improvement of road infrastructure so that it does not make transportation costs rise significantly and capacity decreases, which in fact makes our competitiveness even lower," he said. Agung said the infrastructure improvements included widening roads and increasing road classes. Meanwhile, towards the implementation of zero ODOL, Gapki calculates that there will be an additional 70,873 trucks with an additional cost per year of IDR 32.4 trillion and other investments have not been added. Meanwhile, there will also be 14,628 trucks that must be renovated because they are more than 10 years old with a potential cost of around Rp. 10 trillion.

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