G/TBT/N/IDN/86  
 
22 July 2014  
(14-4235)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member: INDONESIA 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):    
2. Agency responsible: General of Agro Based Industry, Ministry of Industry 
Name and address (including telephon e and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above : 
Directorate of Beverage and Tobacco Industries, Ministry of Industry 
Jl. Gatot Subroto Kav. 52 -53, Floor 18th Jakarta 12950 
Indonesia Telephone :+(62-21) 5252713,5255509 Ext. 2623 ,4060 Facsimile :+(62-21) 5252450 
Website : http://agro.kemenperin.go.id/  
Center for Cooperation on Standardization National Standardization Agency, Indonesia 
(BSN) 
Manggala Wanabakti Bld, Block IV, 4th floor 
Jl. Gatot Subroto, Senayan Jakarta 10270 Indonesia 
Telephone : +(62-21) 5747043 ext. 117 
Facsimile : +(62-21) 5747045 E-mail : tbt.indonesia@gmail.com  ; tbt.indonesia@bsn.go.id  
Website  http://www.bsn.go.id/  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [ X ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Instant Coffee 
HS 2101.11.10.00. Extracts, essences and concentrates (HS 210111) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Draft Decree of 
Minister of Industry on Mandatory Implementation of Indonesian National Standard for 
Instant Coffee (SNI 2983:2014) (10 pages, in English) 
6. Description of content: This draft of decree states that all of instant coffee produced 
within the country or imported, distributed and marketed in the country shall fulfill the SNI 
requirements. The producers which produced th ese products therefore shall comply with 
those requirements proven by having Product Certificate for Using SNI Mark.  
The product certificate on SNI marking shall be issued by a Product Certification Body 
which has been accredited by KAN and appoin ted by the Minister of Industry through 
testing of the conformity of the products quality against SNI requirements.  
Directorate General of Agro Based Industries, Ministry of Industry is the institution that is 
responsible for the implementation of this decree and shall provide a technical guidance of 
the decree, which cover procedure of Product Certification and SNI Marking.  G/TBT/N/IDN/86 
 
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  Products which are distributed in domestic market that originated domestically and 
imported shall meet the requirements cons isted in: - SNI 2983:2014 which specifies term 
and definition, quality requirements, sampling, testing method, testing acceptance, 
marking requirement and packaging (this standard is available in Indonesian).  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
1) To protect consumers from safety aspect; 
2) To increase product quality; 
3) To establish a fair trade.  
8. Relevant documents:  Draft Decree of Minister of Industry on Mandatory Implementation 
of Indonesian National Standard for Instant Coffee (SNI 2983:2014) 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   2 Months after notification 
Proposed date of entry into force:   9 Months after adoption   
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from notification 
11. Texts available from: Nati onal enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Center for Cooperation on Standardization 
National Standardization Agency, Indonesia (BSN) 
Manggala Wanabakti Bld, Block IV, 4th floor 
Jl. Jend. Gatot Subroto, Senayan Jakarta 10270 Indonesia 
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