Meanwhile, iPhone 16 phones purchased by passengers and crew or sent by post and not sold are allowed to enter Indonesia, the ministry's spokesperson, Febri Hendri Antoni Arief, clarified here on Friday.
"The iPhone 16 series that enter Indonesia through passengers' luggage should not be traded and is limited to personal use," he remarked.
He explained that the iPhone 16 falls in the category of postal and telecommunications goods allowed to enter, with a note that a maximum of two units per passenger is permitted.
Government Regulation No.46 of 2021 also stipulates that luggage and goods sent through posts are for personal use and should not be traded or for commercial purposes.
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Some exemptions include goods that have met the 35 percent TKDN requirement.
In addition, Arief said his side reported that around nine thousand iPhone 16 units that entered Indonesia between August and October 2024 were carried by passengers, with the appropriate taxes paid.
Although the phones enter legally, trading these units in the country remains illegal.
"The Industry Ministry asks the public to report people who trade mobile phone products carried here through passengers," he remarked.
Earlier, Minister of Industry Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita stated that Apple must fulfill its remaining investment commitment of Rp240 billion, from a total of Rp1.71 trillion (around US$109 million), to obtain the license to sell iPhone 16 in Indonesia.
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