Jakarta – Customs and Excise Director General Permana Agung said that a recommendation by the International Monetary Fund to reappoint a surveyor to handle export and import examination to cope with rampant smuggling was disappointing.

Indonesia once used Societte Generale de Surveillance (SGS) to handle preshipment for Indonesian exports and imports but last year the duty was returned to the customs and excise directorate general.

Permana said in a meeting he attended with the IMF there was no talk about reappointment of SGS but unexpectedly the name of SGS appeared in the IMF's recommendation to the finance ministry.

He said as a senior official of the finance ministry he wanted to discuss that matter before a decision is made.