ANALISA PENERAPAN KEBIJAKAN FASILITAS KAWASAN BERIKAT PADA KANTOR PENGAWASAN DAN PELAYANAN BEA DAN CUKAI TIPE MADYA PABEAN A JAKARTA TIMUR

ABSTRACT The government continues to encourage export growth, apart from facilitating licensing and formulating supporting policies, the government also provides customs facilities in the form of bonded zone facilities. This Bonded Zone acts as an Export Processing Zone because goods produced in this area are prioritized for export. Government efforts to accelerate economic growth and increase the attractiveness of foreign and domestic investment. Based on Government Regulation Number 85 of 2015 concerning bonded storage is a building, place or area that meets certain requirements which is used to store imported goods and/or goods originating from other places in the customs area to be processed or combined before being exported or imported for use. The purpose of this research is to determine the implementation of the bonded zone facility policy provided by the Directorate General of Customs and Excise to bonded zone companies. This research is a qualitative research. The result of this research is that the Directorate General of Customs and Excise provides and implements a bonded zone facility policy and with the implementation of a bonded zone facility policy in order to facilitate the smooth flow of imported or exported documents and goods to entrepreneurs. Keywords: Policy Implementation, Bonded Zone Facilities. ABSTRAK Pemerintah terus mendorong pertumbuhan ekspor, selain dengan mempermudah perizinan dan membuat kebijakan pendukung pemerintah juga memberikan fasilitas kepabeanan berupa fasilitas kawasan berikat. Kawasan Berikat ini berperan sebagai Export Processing Zone karena barang-barang yang diproduksi dalam kawasan ini diutamakan untuk diekspor. Usaha pemerintah untuk menselarasikan pertumbuhan ekonomi dan meningkatkan daya tarik penanaman modal asing dan modal dalam negeri. Berdasarkan Peraturan Pemerintah Nomor 85 Tahun 2015 tentang penimbunan berikat adalah bangunan, tempat atau kawasan yang memenuhi persyaratan tertentu yang digunakan untuk menimbun barang impor dan/atau barang yang berasal dari tempat lain dalam daerah pabean guna diolah atau digabungkan sebelum diekspor atau diimpor untuk dipakai. Tujuan dilakukan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui penerapan kebijakan fasilitas kawasan berikat yang diberikan oleh Direktorat Jenderal Bea Dan Cukai kepada perusahaan kawasan berikat. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kualitatif. Hasil dari penelitian ini adalah Direktorat Jenderal Bea Dan Cukai memberikan dan menerapkan kebijakan fasilitas kawasan berikat dan dengan adanya penerapan kebijakan fasilitas kawasan berikat guna memberikan kemudahan untuk memperlancar arus dokumen dan barang impor atau ekspor kepada pengusaha. Kata Kunci: Penerepan Kebijakan, Fasilitas Kawasan Berikat

Hubs Development and Industrial Upgrading in Mauritius

Mauritius has been a model for sub-Saharan Africa in terms of its rapid growth and development. Much of the progress achieved can be linked to industrialization and industrial upgrading, from sugar to manufacturing and tourism to services and more recently, real estate. This chapter will focus on the development of the industrial hub of Mauritius, looking specifically at the industrial trajectory of the country and the path adopted towards industrial upgrading in key sectors. The chapter discusses the development of the textile industry within the Mauritius Export Processing Zone as well as the challenges in this sector and the gender dimensions of EPZ employment. The chapter also examines the upgrading strategies adopted, including some of the main hub developments such as the Ebène Cybercity and the JinFei special economic zone. It contends that while upgrading has been crucial for industrial survival, growth, and development in Mauritius, it has not been without cost.

Influence of 4P Strategy on Organisation’s Performance: A Case on Bangladesh RMG Sector

The right 4P strategy empowers organisations to pursue their marketing objectives in the target markets and therefore achieve the organisational objectives. Proper implementation of the right 4P strategy ensures provision of the right product, at the right price, in the right place thus, confirms that resources are efficiently and effectively utilized. This study aims to investigate the impact of 4P strategies on organisation performance in the garments industry of Bangladesh based on CEPZ (Chittagong Export Processing Zone). McCarthy’s (1964) 4 P’s (such as product, price, place, and promotion) are considered as the elements of 4Ps in this study. Data was collected through survey where a structured questionnaire, containing 25 closed-ended questions, was used. A total of 180 respondents were selected conveniently for this survey. The data was analysed using SPSS 24.0 version. From the findings of the study it was found that product, place, price and promotional strategies significantly and positively influenced the organisation's performance. The findings suggest that by focusing on 4P strategy, the organizations can make better performance than their competitors. Eventually, few recommendations were offered for the garment industry.

Minimum Wage in Readymade Garments Industry in Bangladesh

Manufacturing Ready-Made Garment (RMG) is labour intensive and low wage based industry. Nowhere, this industry was static or permanent basically on account of wage. As soon as any country became developed, the apparel and textile industry left that country. RMG is highly focused on the relocation of production. The relocation take place from high wage regions to low cost production regions just like water flows down-stream always. This single sector is dominating Bangladesh economy Since ‘80s. In Bangladesh different sectors have different wage levels according to the nature of job. The Minimum Wages Board recommended or re-recommended minimum wages of the 42 industrial sectors. The minimum wage of this very sector is lower than other sectors within the country and among the RMG manufacturing countries as well. On the contrary, within the country, for the same sector – RMG, there are dissimilarity in the minimum wage. Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority (BEPZA) declares the same for the industries inside Export Processing Zones (EPZ) which is higher than the declaration by Minimum Wage Board for outside EPZ factories. Minimum wage board has classified the non-EPZ workforces into seven grades according to their skills with seven different wage levels. Contrary, EPZs workers are divided into five categories. BEPZA has fixed higher wages and benefits compere to non-EPZ factories. Moreover, the study finds that the grading system has many loopholes which is not based on well thought and planned. There are so many posts and positions required to run an RMG factory that are not mentioned in the gazette. There is no guideline on how to measure workers’ competency for a particular grade and for how long a worker will be retained in the same grade. These loopholes are helping the employers to manipulate in determining workers’ grade. Minimum wage structure is applicable for whose positions mentioned in the gazette and entitled to all types of benefits mentioned in the law including overtime (OT) payment at double rate of wage. To avoid extra overtime payment factory management promotes or changes the designations like executive, supervisor etc. who are getting comparatively higher wage to keep them away from OT benefits. All those anomalies need to be addressed for properly.

Job Satisfaction and Citizenship Behavior: A Mediating Effect of Organizational Commitment

Background and Purpose: Recently, job satisfaction has become a center of attention among academics, behavioral scientists, and business practitioners. Drawing on the tenet of the social exchange theory (SET) perspective and extending the conceptualization of the same, the present study aims at investigating the relationships among job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and citizenship behavior and mediation mechanism to unearth the effect of job satisfaction and organizational commitment on citizenship behavior. Design/Methodology/Approach: Building on the positivist paradigm, we used quantitative research methodology following deductive reasoning approach. Henceforth, we have collected 210 replies from employees who have been serving Ready-made garments (RMG) sector that accounts for the highest export earning industry (84% of the total export earning) in Bangladesh. We purposively selected Chittagong Export Processing Zone, the largest export processing zone in Bangladesh, for collecting our required data. Data were analyzed using the descriptive statistics, bivariate correlation, and structural equation model (SEM) using Smart PLS 2, a second-generation regression analysis, and SPSS 20. Results: The structural model estimates that all the direct influences are significant excepting the impact of job satisfaction on citizenship behavior. Besides, the full mediation effect of organizational commitment was found in the relationships between job satisfaction and citizenship behavior. Conclusion: The main implication is suggesting all corporate executives for creating an environment which will make employees very committed to letting them think out of the box beyond their required formal task requirement. In addition to a longitudinal study, further research on the moderating effect of demographic factors on the above variable is attested.