The US Department of Commerce announced Wednesday that Indonesia, along with Ecuador, wdid not provide considerable subsidies to its shrimp farmers.

With this finding, Indonesian exporters will be freed from provisional antidumping duties that will be effective until the end of the investigation period.

Deputy Trade Minister Bayu Krisnamurthi said on Thursday that the US finding reinforced the conviction among domestic stakeholders that they did comply with fair trade rules.

“The finding is in line with our earlier belief. Now it’s been verified by the objective data we’ve presented,” he told The Jakarta Post.

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