Director General of Customs Askolani made a working visit to PT Great Giant Pineapple (GGP) Terbanggi Besar, Central Lampung on Tuesday, October 5, 2021. The visit to PT GGP was carried out to monitor the process and get feedback regarding the customs services that have been provided.

Also accompanying the working visit were Expert Staff for State Revenue, Director of Customs Facilities, Director of Customs and Excise Audit, Director of Enforcement and Investigation, Director of Internal Compliance, Head of the Banten DJBC Regional Office, and Head of Bandar Lampung Customs Office Esti Wiyandari.

During the working visit, Askolani saw firsthand the customs and excise facilities provided by the government for PT GGP’s business activities and business activities. “Through this field visit, it is proven that PT GGP can still survive, business activities continue to run normally, and is optimistic that with a large number of workers no one has been laid off,” said Askolani.

Furthermore, Askolani said that the survival of PT GGP’s business during the pandemic really helped socio-economic activities around the plantation industrial area. This will be mapped and monitored so that the implementation of the facilities provided can be used as input in other places.

Corporate Affairs Director PT GGP Welly Soegiono emphasized that during the Covid-19 pandemic the volume of canned pineapple production showed an increase, even though the downstreaming was not going well. “PT GGP can produce good quality competitively because it is facilitated by Customs,” said Welly.

Welly is of the opinion that a good customs policy must be supported by the same ministry’s policies. This is so that the technical downstreaming is good, so that good policies can be maximized. In addition, Welly hopes that the Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) can help the upstream to downstream processes.

At the end of the visit, the Director General of Customs and Excise, Askolani and his staff had the opportunity to take a close look at the canned pineapple production process at the Cannery dam and continued by reviewing the cattle fattening business at PT Great Giant Livestock (GGL).