Coordinating MINISTER for Financial Affairs (Coordinating Minister for Financial Affairs), Airlangga Hartarto, mentioned that there have been obstacles within the import licensing course of, leading to a buildup of containers at a number of most important ports because the enactment of Minister of Commerce Regulation (Permendag) 36/2023 along with 3/2024 along with 7/2024 as of March 10 2024 then.
“Information on the variety of containers held up, we’ve got not been in a position to submit paperwork, as a result of the Import Allow (Pl) and Technical Concerns (Pertek) haven’t but been issued at Tanjung Priok Port, there are 17,304 containers and at Tanjung Perak Port there are 9,111 containers,” mentioned Airlangga in Jakarta. Friday (17/5).
The contents of those containers are none apart from metal, textiles, textile merchandise, chemical merchandise, digital merchandise and different commodities whose import requires import permits (Pl and Pertek).
“To resolve these two issues (import licensing constraints and the buildup of containers at ports), a re-arrangement or revision of Minister of Commerce Regulation 36/2023, which was accredited at an Inside Assembly (Rapin) with the president this afternoon, may also be issued. A Minister of Finance Decree may also be issued which re-establishes the record items affected by imports,” he defined.
Following up on the outcomes of the assembly, he continued, at present Minister of Commerce Regulation Quantity 8 of 2024 has been stipulated which is predicted to have the ability to resolve the 2 problems with import licensing constraints and container buildup at ports with a number of coverage factors.
The details of this coverage embrace 7 teams of products in Minister of Commerce Regulation 7 2024 reminiscent of electronics, footwear, ready-made clothes and clothes equipment, luggage and valves that are relaxed when it comes to import permits.
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The 4 commodities reminiscent of conventional medicines and well being dietary supplements, cosmetics and family provides, luggage and valves which have been beforehand tightened by including PI and Surveyor’s Report (LS) this time have been returned to the foundations in response to Minister of Commerce Regulation 25 to solely require LS with out the necessity for PI.
Alternatively, the commodities in Permendag 36 have been tightened by including Pertek necessities, this was returned to the laws of Permendag 25 to be with out Pertek. The three commodities embrace electronics, footwear, attire and equipment.
“This newly issued Minister of Commerce Regulation has been issued and promulgated and can come into pressure in the present day, Might 17 2024. For items which have entered since March 10 2024, it may be accomplished based mostly on the laws of Minister of Commerce Regulation 8/2024,” he mentioned.
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To implement the decision of those two issues, Airlangga requested enterprise actors to instantly resubmit the import licensing course of, each associated to PL and necessities within the type of Pertek for a number of commodities. And for containers which are caught, which thus far haven’t been in a position to apply for import permits, they will reapply for all import allow processes.
“In accordance with the President’s route, all related ministries/establishments will assist the acceleration of resolving import licensing points. The Ministry of Commerce will encourage the acceleration of PI issuance, the Ministry of Trade will encourage the acceleration of the completion of Pertek and different technical ministries/establishments will assist the acceleration and determination of import licensing points,” he added.
Beforehand, the Authorities, on this case the Ministry of Commerce, had accomplished revising Minister of Commerce Regulation Quantity 3 of 2024 regarding Amendments to Minister of Commerce Regulation Quantity 36 of 2023, to change into Minister of Commerce Regulation Quantity 7 of 2024 regarding Import Insurance policies and Laws.
This revision modifications at the very least three details within the earlier laws, particularly items despatched by Indonesian migrant employees (PMI), laws relating to the import of products and baggage carried by passengers from overseas. (Fal/Z-7)
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