. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/IDN/45 
11 October 2010 
 (10-5189) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  INDONESIA
 
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  Directorate General for Metal, Ma chinery, Textile and Multifarious 
Industries, Ministry of Industry. 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e -mail 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 Metal Industries, Ministry of Industry 
Jl.  Gatot Subroto Kav.  52 – 53, 10th floor 
Jakarta 12950 – Indonesia 
Telephone:  +(62-21) 5252185 Facsimile:  +(62-21) 5252185 E-mail:  dirl_ilmea@depperin.go.id
 
Website:  http://www.kemenperin.go.id  
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 
Telephone:  +(62-21) 5747043, 5747044 ext. 215 
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 applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.  
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): 
Product type SNI  HS 
1. Hot-rolled right angle   
    profile steels  
07-2054-2006 7216.21.00.00 
7216.40.00.00 
2. Hot rolling mill I-beam      profile steel 07-0329-2005 
 7216.10.00.00 
7216.32.00.00 
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  3. Hot-rolled channel-U   
    steel profiles (Bj P      channel-U) 07-0052-2006 
 7216.10.00.00 
7216.31.00.00 
4. Hot-rolled WF-beam      steel profiles (Bj P WF-     beam) 07-7178-2006 
 7216.10.00.00 
7216.33.00.00 
 
5. Filer welded H profile      steel for general  
    structure 07-2610-1992 
 7216.10.00.00 
7216.33.00.00 
  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Decree of 
Minister of Industry on Mand atory Implementation of Indonesia National Standard for 
Profile Steels (SNI  07-2054-2006, SNI 07-0329- 2005, SNI 07-0052-2006, 
SNI 07-7178-2006, SNI 07-2610-1992) (7 pages, in Indonesian). 
6. Description of content:  This draft of decree states that  all of Profile Steel products as 
mentioned above which are pr oduced within the country or  imported, distributed and 
marketed in the country shall fulfil the SN I requirements.  The producers which produced 
these products therefore shall comply with th e requirements of SNI proven by having Product 
Certificate for Using SNI Mark and put SNI mark on every profil e steel product.  Profile steel 
products imported from other c ountries and enter Indonesia also  have to be accompanied by 
Mill certificate.  
The product certificate on SNI marking shall be issued by a Product Certification Body which 
has been appointed by the Mi nister of Industry through: 
– Testing of the conformity of the product s quality against SNI requirements;  and 
– Audit on the implementation of the Quality Management System (QMS) 
SNI ISO 9001:  2008 or its revision. 
Directorate General for Metal, Machinery, Textile and Multifarious 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, wh ich cover procedure of Product Certification 
and SNI Marking. 
Products which are distributed in domestic market that originat ed domestically and imported 
shall meet the requirements consiste d in:  SNI 07-2054-2006, SNI 07-0329-2005, 
SNI 07-0052-2006, SNI 07-7178-2006, and SNI 07-2610-1992, which specify term and 
definition, quality requirements, sampling, testing method, testing acceptance, marking 
requirement and packaging (t he standards are availabl e in Indonesian language). 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable: 
– To protect consumers from safety aspect;  
– To increase the product quality; 
– To establish fair trade competition. 
8. Relevant documents:   Technical guidance for Mandato ry Implementation of Indonesia 
National Standard for Profile Steel Products:  SNI 07-2054-2006, SNI 07-0329-2005, 
SNI 07-0052-2006, SNI 07-7178-2006, SNI 07-2610-1992.  G/TBT/N/IDN/45 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   2 months after notification. 
6 months after adoption. 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days after notification 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e -mail and website addresses, if available of the other body:  
And can be downloaded at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2010/tbt/IDN/10_3734_00_x.pdf