Indonesia: New Import and Export Regulation -

To consolidate the Indonesian import and export rules, the Minister of Trade (MOT) recently issued MOT Regulation No. 18 of 2021 on Goods Prohibited from Being Imported and Exported (“Peraturan Menteri Perdagangan Republik Indonesia Nomor 18 Tahun 2021 Tentang Barang Dilarang Ekspor Dan Barang Dilarang Impor“). The regulation replaced three different former regulations relevant to this issue.

These regulations were (i) MOT Regulation No. 12 of 2020 on Goods Prohibited for Import, (ii) MOT Regulation 45 of 2019 on Goods Prohibited for Export, and (iii) Decree of the Minister of Industry and Trade No. 520/MPP/Kep/8/2003 on the Prohibition on Imports of Hazardous and Toxic Waste.

The new Regulation No. 18 now prohibits the importation of 149 goods (previously only 116) and the exportation of 275 goods (previously only 39).

It introduces new categories of goods that are prohibited for import, namely, sugar, rice and hand tools. It also introduces new categories of goods that are prohibited for export, namely subsidized fertilizer, and metal remains and scrapings.

Luckily, affected products are easy to identify beause the list contains HS codes of the products.