1 out of 5 phones sold in Indonesia comes from black market

News24xx.com - The Chairman of the Indonesian Telematics Devices Industry Association (AIPTI) Ali Soebroto mentioned that currently black market cellphone sales in Indonesia have reached the level of 20 percent of the total sales of smartphone devices. This means that 1 in 5 cellphones sold are illegal cellphones. However, when asked further, he refused to mention the source of his data.

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Based on GfK data, the total number of cellphones sold in Indonesia throughout 2017 is 1.46 billion units, according to the data, it is estimated that around 292 million units are illegal cellphone products. In addition, Ali said the smuggling was carried out using a private boat, so that the illegal shipment of goods was unknown to the government. According to data released by Strategic Analytics in May 2014, the smuggled cellphone market in Indonesia will continue to increase until 2020.

In value, the government said that Indonesia's losses due to the sale of contraband cellphones reached IDR 1 trillion. "The total state losses due to cell phone circulation can reach IDR 1 trillion per year" Airlangga explained as stated in a press release received by CNNIndonesia.com during a discussion on Effective Formula Reducing Circulation of Illegal Cellphones in the DPR Media Center on Tuesday, November 6th 2018.

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Indonesia is also said to be ranked third as the world's largest contraband cellphone market after India and Pakistan. Reflecting on this data, DPR Member Commission 11, Eva Kusuma Sundari stated the importance of the DIRBS (Device Identification, Registration, and Blocking System) system that will be made by Kominfo.

 

 

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