G/TBT/N/IDN/106  
 
21 April 2016  
(16-2247)  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: Directorate General of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Trade 
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 Import, Ministry of Trade 
Jl. MI Ridwan Rais No. 5, 2nd Building, 9th Floor 
Jakarta 10110 – Indonesia Telephone: +(62-21) 3858194, 3858171 ext 1145 Facsimile: +(62-21) 3858194 
Center for Cooperation on Standardization 
National Standardization Agency of Indonesia (BSN) BPPT I Building, 12th Floor 
Jl. M.H. Thamrin No. 8 
Jakarta – Indonesia 10340 Telephone: +62 21 3927434 ext. 127 
Facsimile: +62 21 3927527 
E-mail: tbt.indonesia@gmail.com /tbt.indonesia@bsn.go.id  
Website: http://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): Forestry products  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Regulation of 
Minister of Trade No. 97/M-DAG/PER/11/2015 concerning the Provision of Forestry Product 
Importation (32 page s, in Indonesian) 
6. Description of content: The regulation states that the importer of every forestry products 
(consists of 356 HS) as mentioned in the Anne x of the Regulation, must meet the import 
requirements such as :  
a) Forestry Legality Products 
b) API – U (General – Importer Identification Number) for traded and/or transferable 
forestry products 
c) API – P (Producer – Importer Identification Number) for products used as raw or 
auxiliary materials for production process purposes only 
d) Import Approval from Minister of Trade 
The company should apply Import Procedure and submit the report of the Import 
Realization through the portal http://inatrade.kemendag.go.id  or Indonesia National Single 
Window portal (INSW). In case of force majeure, all of the request of application and 
report can be done manually. G/TBT/N/IDN/106 
 
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  In addition, this regulation also required post audit assessment to assess company who 
receives the import recommendation. These activities are to ensure the compliance with the Regulation. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
1. To enhance national competitiveness 
2. To simplify the import license procedure 
8. Relevant documents:  
1. G/LIC/N/2/IDN/27 
2. G/LIC/N/2/IDN/28 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 1 January 2016 
Proposed date of entry into force: 1 January 2016 
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 of Indonesia (BSN) BPPT I Building, 12th Floor 
Jl. M.H. Thamrin No.8 
Jakarta – Indonesia 10340 Telephone: +62 21 3927434 ext. 127 Facsimile: +62 21 3927527 
E-mail: tbt.indonesia@gmail.com /tbt.indonesia@bsn.go.id   
Website: http://tbt.bsn.go.id   
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