industries will feel that they are threatened by imported products from various countries with competing prices. If there are no clear regulations that control about imported products, most of the local industries, especially small or infant industries, will demand the government to impose a regulation such as tariff that can make the competitors' price higher, and this will protect local industries' existence in the market. In the short term, the local industries will be protected from abroad competition and be more productive. However, in the long run there will be no more protection for these local industries since the market mechanism will control the trade (JawaPos, "Produsen Pelumas Menyanyi").
             Agricultural sectors, especially rice, are the industries that are mostly stroked because of import activities. The lack of rice farm areas and irrigation canals have made the self production of rice become not as much to fulfill the demand in the country. That is why the government imports rice to cover up the lack of rice supply in Indonesia (JawaPos, "RI Tak Bisa Capai Swasembada Beras"). In response to this action, it will be common if farmers will demand the government to implement tariff for imported agricultural products to protect the farmers or local industries (JawaPos, "Kenaikan Tarif BM Mendesak Dilakukan").
             Tariff barrier is crucial for Indonesia as a developing country in which a large part of the population earned their living from cultivating food crops (The Jakarta Post, "RI to Defend Agricultural Tariff Policy at WTO")
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