G/SPS/N/IDN/105  
 
18 December 2015  
(15-6719)  Page: 1/3  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
1. Notifying Member: INDONESIA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible: Directorate General of Livestock and Animal Health Services, 
Ministry of Agriculture 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item  number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Carcasses, meat and/or its processed products 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document: Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture 
No.58/Permentan/PK.210/11/2015 concerning Importation of Carcasses, Meat, and/or 
Its Processed Products Into the Territory of the Republic of Indonesia  Language(s): 
Indonesian  Number of pages: 39 
6. Description of content: This regulation amends the Regulation of the Minister of 
Agriculture No. 139/Permentan/PD.410/12/20 14 and Regulation of the Minister of 
Agriculture No. 02/Permentan/PD.410/1/2015 concerning Importation of Carcasses, 
Meat, and/or Its Processed Products Into the Territory of the Republic of Indonesia. 
The scope of this regulation includes: 
a. Import requirements; 
b. Import procedures; and 
c. Control. 
Some revisions to the substances are set out in the new regulation No. 58/2015 as 
indicated below: 
1. Carcasses and bovine meat that can be imported into the territory of Indonesia: 
a. Bovine meat (beef) as listed in Annex I consisting of prime cut, manufacturing 
meat, and variety/fancy meat; 
b. Carcass, small ruminant meat, pork and its products as listed in Annex II; 
c. Bovine meat (beef) as listed in Annex III consisting of carcass and secondary 
cut; 
2. Importation of bovine meat as listed in Annex III, only for national or local state-
owned enterprises; 
3. Importation of beef requires consideration of the local beef absorption rate. The 
amount of absorption of local beef is as follows: 
a. For general importers - 3% of the total amount of the next consignment of 
imports; 
b. For importers/producers - 1.5% of the total amount of the next consignment of 
imports; 
4. The shelf-life of carcasses and meat on arrival into the territory of Indonesia should 
be as follows: 
a. For frozen products - no longer than six months; G/SPS/N/IDN/105 
 
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  b. For fresh chilled products - no longer than three months from the slaughtering 
or processing time until arrival into the territory of Indonesia; 
5. Import procedures and the submission of recommendations: 
a. Applications for recommendations are submitted three times a year: 
 between 1 to 31 December; 
 between 1 to 30 April; and 
 between 1 to 31 August of the current year; 
b. The approval/rejection of applications for recommendations takes a maximum of 
four working days after submission of the completed application along with the 
stipulated administrative requirements. Applications are submitted online to the 
Director General of Livestock and Animal Health Services through PPVTPP; 
c. The recommendation is signed by the Director General of Livestock and Animal 
Health Services; 
d. The recommendation is issued three times a year, i.e. December of the previous 
year, April and August; 
e. Validity period of technical recommendation corresponds to three periods in a 
year, namely: 
 The first validity period: from 1 January - 30 April; 
 The second validity period: from 1 May -  31 August; 
 The third validity period: from 1 September - 31 December; 
f. Recommendations are submitted to the INSW Portal with a copy to the 
applicant. 
With the enactment of new Regulations No. 58/2015, the Regulation of the Minister of 
Agriculture No. 139/2014 Jo. No. 02/2015 is revoked. 
7. Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pe st or disease, [X] protect territory 
from other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international st andard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial  n u m b e r  o f  C o d e x  
standard or related text) CAC/GL 24-1997: Halal 
[X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  Terrestrial Animal Health Code: 
Chapter 2.1.5; Chapter 2.1.14;Chapter 2.4.9; Chapter 2.4.6; Chapter 2.7.11; Peste des petits ruminants; Chapter 2.7.13: Scrapie; Chapter 2.7.14; 
Chapter 2.8.3; Chapter 2.8.1; Chapter 2.3.4; Chapter 2.3.7; Chapter 2.3.8; 
Chapter 2.3.14  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[ ] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
[X] Yes   [ ] No If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:     
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 11 December 2015 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 14 December 2015 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 14 December 2015 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   G/SPS/N/IDN/105 
 
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  12. Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
Indonesian Agricultural Quarantine Agency (IAQA) 
Ministry of Agriculture 
Jl. Harsono RM No.3 E Building 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th Floor 
Ragunan, Jakarta Selatan 12550 
Indonesia 
Tel: +(62 21) 7821367/781 6480 Fax: +(62 21) 7821367/780 4337/781 6481/781 6483 E-mail: sps.indonesia@pertanian.go.id 
Website: http://karantina.deptan.go.id  
13. Text(s) available from: [X] National Notifi cation Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Indonesian Agricultural Quarantine Agency (IAQA)  
Ministry of Agriculture 
Jl. Harsono RM No.3 E Building 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th Floor 
Ragunan, Jakarta Selatan 12550 Indonesia Tel: +(62 21) 7821367/781 6480 
Fax: +(62 21) 7821367/780 4337/781 6481/781 6483 
E-mail: sps.indonesia@pertanian.go.id Website: http://karantina.deptan.go.id