Dia menambahkan dari 13 komoditas yang wajib diangkut kapal berbendera Indonesia sampai 2010 sampai saat ini masih ada empat komoditas domestik yang boleh diangkut kapal asing yaitu batubara, minyak, barang cair lain, dan hasil pertanian.
He said of the 13 commodities which should be transported by ships flying the Indonesia flag by 2010, four were still being transported by foreign vessels, namely coal, oil, liquids and farm produce.