JAKARTA: New trading and purity rules hitting tin shipments from Indonesia should be ironed out within two months, a trade ministry official said, adding the government will not soften policies aimed at adding value to its tin industry.
Indonesia’s top exporter, state-backed PT Timah, and 18 other exporters halted shipments last week, blaming new trading rules that Jakarta hopes will help the South-East Asian nation set a benchmark price for the metal.
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