TAIWAN NEEDS TO ADOPT INTERNATIONAL HALAL STANDARD MARK|我產品銷印尼 官方認證無法與國際接軌

The government has promoted its New Southbound Policy for a year. Let's look at the results. Taiwan business people in Indonesia admitted that the government still needed to put in more effort because, for products to be exported to Indonesia, they had to meet and have Muslim halal certification. A Taiwan official certification was not up to international standards. Japan, South Korea and China had solid government backing, but Taiwan businesses could only go there alone. Some Taiwanese business people think that government has not extended enough practical assistance with its new southwards policy. Lai Heng-jia, who has lived in Indonesia for 15 years feels deeply about this, and wrote a book on Indonesian customs, describing how Indonesia conducts its daily business and her experience of helping run her Indonesian husband's family business. Her conclusion was that doing business in Indonesia was really hard for many Taiwanese. ==LAI HENG-JIA Indo-Taiwan business operator== Over there I feel very much that Taiwan business people really struggle. I feel pity for them as other countries like Japan, Korea, and China all have their governments at their backs, supporting them. In particular, products exported to Indonesia must meet both general food standards and have Muslim halal certification. However, in Taiwan in this is not ingrained and so Taiwan products cannot contend with other countries' exports. ==LAI HENG-JIA Indo-Taiwan business operator== Many Taiwan businesses tell me they applied for halal certification in Taiwan, but it was not recognised in Indonesia. Indonesia is the largest Muslim country in the world, with a quarter of the world's Muslim population. It has experienced fast economic growth and gradually opened up to foreign investment. The ROC representative in Indonesia said many Taiwan industries had invested in Indonesia, and in fact, through corporate finance, the local government gave considerable discounts. ==LUO BO-TEH ROC representative in Indonesia == The Indonesian government has a policy to attract Taiwan investment and will give a 100 percent ceiling to help finance business loans. The government launched the new southwards policy, hoping to lessen dependence on the China market and spread business risk over other countries. Most Taiwan businesses in Indonesia are small and medium enterprises and do not cooperate with local government on large projects. Taiwan businesses there suggest that the government support them by trade agreements and also by establishing a database of Taiwan businesses in Southeast Asia to offer mutual support and stability. TRANSLATED BY：CLARE LEAR 政府力推新南向政策，推動一年來成效如何？有印尼台商坦言，政府還要多加把勁，因為產品要出口到印尼，須符合回教文化的''清真認證''，台灣官方認證，卻無法與國際接軌，而日本、韓國和對岸，都有政府當後盾，台商只能單打獨鬥。 新南向政策，推動這一年來，到底成效如何？部分台商認為政府奧援還不夠！其中又以這位嫁到印尼15年的賴珩佳，感受最深，關於印尼風土民情,她寫書,談的就是印尼的日常商機, 再加上幫夫家經營生意，與許多台商合作，她說台商在印尼做生意真的很辛苦 ==印尼台商 賴珩佳== 我在那邊我真的覺得 非常多的台商 真的是用自己的生命力在奮鬥 看的其實還滿辛酸的 因為我覺得其他國家 譬如像日本 韓國 中國 都是以政府力量 在做他們商人的後盾 尤其產品外銷到印尼，除了食品安檢以外，要打入市場，所有產品製作，生產到販售，都得要必須符合回教文化的清真認證，但台灣在這一塊著墨不深，與其他外銷產品無法抗衡 ==印尼台商 賴珩佳== 很多這個台灣的廠商說 他們在台灣申請到清真認證 可是到印尼是不適用的 印尼是全球最大的伊斯蘭國度，回教人口佔全球1/4，是高速成長的經濟體，對外資已逐步開放，駐台印尼代表說，台灣許多產業到印尼投資，其實在企業融資的部份，政府會給予相當大優惠 ==駐台北印尼經貿代表處代表 羅伯特== 印尼政府對於 現在吸引台商的政策 會給予100%的融資上限 幫助台商貸款 政府推新南向政策，當時就希望不要過度倚賴大陸市場，將市場分散到東協各國，其實台商以中小企業為主，與當地政府合作的並非公共工程，多數台商建議政府，其實給予奧援，除了談經貿協定以外，可以當地從市場調查著手，建立資料庫，台商前進東南亞，反而更能站穩腳步 記者 黃立偉 張國樑 台北報導