Regulation of the Minister of Trade of the Republic of Indonesia No. 40 of 2022: Amendments concerning Goods Prohibited from Export and Goods Prohibited from Import

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General Overview

On 14 June 2022, the Minister of Trade of the Republic of Indonesia (“Minister of Trade”) has enacted the Minister of Trade Regulation Number 40 of 2022 concerning Amendments to the Regulation of the Minister of Trade Number 18 of 2021 concerning Goods Prohibited from Export and Goods Prohibited from Import (“MoT Reg 40/2022”). Further, this new regulation will come into force 7 (seven) days after the promulgation date, which is marked on 21 June 2022.

Amendments in MoT Reg 40/2022

Initially, as stated in the MoT Reg 40/2022, this new regulation was issued in order to adapt with the constant change of public development and needs. However, there are only minor additions in the MoT Reg 40/2022 in which it only adjusted the list of prohibited import goods, whereas the prohibited goods for export still remains the same as in the previous regulation.

Prohibited Goods for Import

To recapitulate, the list of goods prohibited from import stipulated in the MoT Reg 40/2022 are as follows:

1. Sugar (i.e., raw sugar, refined sugar, and plantation white sugar);

2. Rice (i.e., glutinous rice, hom mali rice, basmati rice, malys rice, other flavored rice, half-cooked rice, broken rice);

3. Ozone-depleting substances (i.e., derivatives of halogenated hydrocarbon and mixture of halogenated derivatives of methane, ethane or propane, not detailed or included in any other heading);

4. Used bags, sacks, and used clothes (i.e., bags and sacks used for wrapping, and other used clothes and used things);

5. Goods that feature refrigeration-based systems that use chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) and hydrochlorofluorocarbon 22 (HCFC-22) in empty or full condition;

6. Certain drugs and foods (i.e., derivatives of halogenated hydrocarbon, compounds functioning amines, compounds functioning carboxamides, compounds functioning amides from carbonic acid);

7. Hazardous and Toxic Substances (Bahan Berbahaya dan Beracun or “B3”) (i.e., derivatives of halogenated hydrocarbon, Epoxide, alcohol epoxy, phenol epoxy and ether epoxy with three rings, and halogenation derivatives, sulfonation, nitration or nitrosation, etc.);

8. Registered B3 waste and non-B3 waste (i.e., Metal slag and other ashes, including seaweed ash, ash and residues from the incineration of household waste, including raw potassium salt obtained in the sugar industry from beet molasses residues, pharmaceutical waste, Residual and electrical and electronic scrap, etc.);

9. Hand tools (i.e., flat shovel and arch shovel, hoe and rake, etc.); and

10. Medical devices containing mercury (i.e., amalgam teeth containing mercury, blood pressure measuring instruments containing mercury, thermometers containing mercury).

The details of item descriptions of each prohibited goods for import can be found in Appendix II of the MoT Reg 40/2022.

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