The regulations have been outlined in the revised Minister of Trade's Regulation (Permendag) Number 25 of 2022 concerning import policies and regulations.
"The change from post-border to border is included in the changes to the import trading procedure in the Regulation of the Minister of Trade 25 of 2022," Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto, informed in Jakarta on Thursday.
The revised ministerial regulation changes the rules on imports from post-border to border for 8 commodities: bags, electronics, traditional medicines and health supplements, cosmetics, other finished textile goods, children's toys, footwear, and ready-made clothing.
The revised regulation also relaxes the rules on goods sent by Indonesian Migrant Workers (PMI) for 10 groups of goods, except for prohibited and restricted goods (lartas), and does away with the need for a Certificate of Indonesian Representative Abroad.
Under the regulation, PMIs who have documentation/procedural documents are allowed to make 3 deliveries per year, while PMIs who are undocumented/non-procedural are allowed to make 1 delivery per year.
The 10 groups of goods include ready-made clothing and clothing accessories, other finished textile goods, electronics (except cell phones, computers, and tablets), footwear, cosmetics, children's toys, bags, food and drinks (except alcoholic drinks) with certain quantity limits.
"We ask that the relevant ministries/institutions finalize the regulations within 2 weeks, while the transition process is given 3 months to make things easier in the field," Hartarto said.
The government has also drawn up a positive list of goods that can be imported directly through electronic trading systems (PMSE/e-commerce).
The types of imported goods that are allowed to be sold via e-commerce are books, films, software, and music priced under 100 US dollars.
Commodities other than these can only be imported directly via PMSE if their price exceeds US$100.
"This positive list has been determined by the Minister of Trade in the form of a Decree of the Minister of Trade," he added.
To respond to the problem of termination of employment relations (PHK) in several bonded zones (KB), the government is providing convenience by accelerating the issuance of recommendations for local sales of KB products above 50 percent, the minister informed.
To ensure this convenience, the Ministry of Industry will prepare a ministerial regulation regarding procedures for issuing recommendations for local sales of KB products above 50 percent, which will be issued in the next 2 weeks.
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