Thrifting or buying and selling of used clothes has become one of the shopping tourism trends among the young generation.
But unfortunately, usually the products sold in the thrifting come from abroad.
For this reason, the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno, encouraged thrifting actors to market and sell domestically made used clothes.
According to Uno, this is to revive the economy and promote Indonesian fashion.
"Most young people are currently interested in thrifting as their step against fast fashion," said Sandiaga Uno, Tuesday (17/1/2023).
In addition, he said, thrifting trend can also help overcome environmental problems.
"And buying used clothes can help solve environmental problems by not adding to the carbon footprint because 60 percent of foreign brand fashion products end up in landfills," he said.
Then he explained, based on the Minister of Trade Regulation Number 40 of 2022 concerning Amendments to the Minister of Trade Regulation Number 18 of 2021 concerning Export Prohibited Goods and Import Prohibited Goods which prohibits the entry of imported used clothing into Indonesia, this is an opportunity for local MSMEs to develop creative economic potential existing locale.
He also underlined the intent of the changes to the Ministry of Trade regulations, namely not allowing the import of used goods from abroad.
"We may sell used goods, but we may not import used goods," he said.
According to him, the presence of this opportunity is a wide open opportunity for creative economy actors to build flea market centers specifically for domestic used goods.
Meanwhile, regarding environmentally sustainable fashion, Sandiaga assessed that currently MSMEs are expected to have more awareness of the importance of sustainability and environmental sustainability.
So he encourages local fashion actors to produce new local fashion products with unique designs while still prioritizing environmentally friendly principles or leading to sustainable fashion.
"By utilizing natural dyes with bluish shades, commonly known as indigo colors, using local labor, especially women, so that the shelf life of these fashion products is longer," he said.
