WT/DS477/21  
WT/DS478/22  
 
18 January 2019  
(19-0314) Page: 1/2 
  Original: English  
 
INDONESIA – IMPORTAT ION OF HORTICULTURAL  PRODUCTS,  
ANIMALS AND ANIMAL P RODUCTS  
STATUS REPORT REGARD ING IMPLEMENTATION O F THE  
DSB RECOMMENDATIONS AND RULINGS  
BY INDONESIA  
The following communication, dated 17 January 2019, from the delegation of Indonesia  to the 
Chairperson of the Dispute Settlement Body, is circulated pursuant to Article  21.6 of the DSU.  
 
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Indonesia is submitting this report pursuant to  Article 21.6 of the Understanding on Rules and 
Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes (DSU).  
On 22 November 2017, the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) adopted the recommendations and 
rulings in respect of the panel and Appellate Body reports in "Indonesia – Importation of 
Horticultural  Products, Animals and Animal Products " (WT/DS477/ DS478). In  the DSB meeting on 
28 February  2018, Indonesia informed the DSB that it intended to implement the 
DSB recommendations and rulings in these dispute s, but that it would need reasonable period of 
time to do so.  
Pursuant to Article 21.3 (b) of the D SU, Indonesia , the United States and New Zealand have mutually 
agreed on the reasonable period of time to implement the DSB recommendations and rulings that 
expired on 22 July 2018. Nevertheless, with regard to the DSB’s recommendations and rulings 
concern ing Measure 18, Indonesia, the United States and New Zealand also have mutually agreed 
that Indonesia will have more time to make statutory  changes to comply with the 
DSB recommendations and rulings in these dispute s. Accordingly, the United States and New 
Zealand will not initiate further proceedings concerning Measure 18 until at least 22 June 2019.  
Indonesia would like to inform the DSB that it has taken appropr iate steps to implement the 
DSB recommendations and ru lings in th ese dispute s within the reasonable period of time agreed by 
the parties. To this end, Indonesia has issued amended regulations that address measures found to 
be inconsistent with the WTO obligations as set out below:  
For measures 1 – 9, i.e. the  measures concerning the importation of horticultural products, Indonesia 
has issued two regulations namely t he Minist er of Agriculture Regulation No. 2 4/2018 and t he 
Minister of Trade Regulation No. 6 4/2018 . These regulations came into force on  6 June  2018 and 
31 May 2018 , respectively.  
For measures 10 – 17, i.e. the measures concerning the importation of animals and animal products, 
Indonesia has also amended previous relevant regulations by t he Minist er of Agriculture 
Regulation  No. 2 3/2018  and the Minister of Trade Regulation No. 6 5/2018  which  came into force on 
24 May 2018 and 31 May 2018, respectively.  
In addition, for transparency purposes, Indonesia has also notified these regulations to the 
Committee of Import Licensing on 15 August 2018 with docume nt number G/LIC/N/2/IDN/39, 
G/LIC/N/2/IDN/40, G/LIC/N/2/IDN/41, and G/LIC/N/2/IDN/42.  
Indonesia has provided to the United States and New Zealand the copies of all relevant regulations 
as mentioned above.  WT/DS477/21 • WT/DS478/22  
 
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  Indonesia stands ready to  maintain  constant communication with the United States and New Zealand 
with respect to any matter relating to the settlement of these dispute s. 
 
 
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