WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/IDN/31 
2 November 2009  
 (09-5436 ) 
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 of Agriculture  and Chemical Ba sed Industries, 
Ministry of Industry  
Name and address (including telephone 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 Food Industries, Directorate  General of Agriculture and Chemical based 
Industry ,Ministry of Industry Jl. Jend. Gatot Subroto, kav.52-53, 16th  floor Jakarta 12950 – Indonesia Telephone: +(62-21) 5252709; 5255509 ext 4058 Facsimile: +(62-21) 5252709 
Jakarta 12950 – Indonesia 
E-mail: dir_makanan@yahoo.com  Website: http://www.depperin.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: kerj_int@bsn.or.id ; tbt.indonesia@gmail.com  
Website: http://www.bsn.go.id
 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [   ], 2.10.1 [ X ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [ X ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Cocoa powder 
HS.1805.00.00.00   
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Decree of Minister of 
Industry No. 45/M-IND/PER/5/2009 on Mandat ory Implementation of  Indonesia National 
Standard for SNI 01-3747-1995, Cacao Powder  (7 pages, in Indonesian)     
6. Description of content:  This Decree states that  all Cacao Powder products produced within  
the country and imported, distributed and ma rketed in the country shall fulfil SNI 
requirements. The pr oducer and / or importers therefore sh all have a product certificate for the G/TBT/N/IDN/31 
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  use of SNI Mark and comply with the require ments of SNI. The Produc t Certificate on SNI 
Marking shall be issued by a Product Certific ation Body which has been accredited by 
National Accreditation Body of Indonesia name ly Komite Akreditasi Nasional (KAN) or 
appointed by Minister of Industry , through :  
1. .  System 5 of product certification (PSN 302-2006): 
a. Testing of the conformity of the pr oducts quality against SNI requirements; 
b. Audit on the implementation of the Qua lity Management System (QMS) SNI 19-9001-
2001/ISO 9001-2000 or its revision; or other re cognized Quality Management system; and  
2.  System 1b of product certification ((PSN 302-2006) : 
a. Domestic products : Testing of the conf ormity of the products quality against SNI 
requirements for every lot of production, every 3 months.  
b. Imported products :  • Evaluation on document of : - Certificate of Analysis (CoA) of produc t against SNI requirements through testing 
conducted by testing laboratory which has an MoU arrangement with certification body in 
Indonesia;  
- Official report of sampling; or  • Conduct sampling and testing according to SNI parameters by testing laboratories appointed 
by Product Certification Body.  
Directorate General of Ag riculture and Chemical Based Industries, Minist ry of Industry is the 
institution that is responsible for the implem entation of this decree  and shall provide a 
technical guidance of the decree, which covers  Procedure of Product Certification and SNI 
Marking. 
Cocoa Powder which are distributed in domestic market that originated domestically and 
imported shall meet the requi rements which consist in these standards as follows SNI 01-
3747-1995.  These standards specify the scope, te rm and definition, type, quality requirement, 
sampling, testing method, tes ting acceptance, marking requir ement  and packaging (these 
standards are available in Indonesian language)    
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
1. To protect consumers;  
2. To increase the quality of  Cocoa Powder; 3. To establish fair trade competition.  
8. Relevant documents:   Technical Guidance for applic ation/implementation of Indonesia 
National Standard for Fertilizers   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    4 May 2009   
6 months after adoption 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days after notification  G/TBT/N/IDN/31 
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  11. Text available from: National enquiry po int [ X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addres ses, if available of the other body:    And can be 
downloaded here: http://members.wto.org/crn attachments/2009/tbt/idn/09_3820_00_x.pdf