President Prabowo Subianto revealed that PT Danantara Sumber Daya\nIndonesia (DSI) has identified potential additional state revenue of up\nto US$5 billion from the supervision and monitoring of export activities\nfor a number of strategic commodities.<\/p>\n
This was conveyed by Prabowo at the Indonesian Parliament Complex in\nJakarta on Friday, 14 August 2026. The President stated that within 2\nmonths and 13 days since its establishment in May 2026, PT DSI has\nmonitored more than 6,000 export transactions involving three strategic\ncommodities: coal, palm oil, and ferro alloy.<\/p>\n
\u201cDSI has identified a potential additional US$5 billion solely from\nprice differences and adjustments. Ladies and gentlemen, from the\npayment of export proceeds, imagine if in the future all of our export\ncommodities are monitored and managed by PT DSI, how much the increase\nin revenue entering the state would be,\u201d said Prabowo during his state\naddress as part of the Annual Session of the People\u2019s Consultative\nAssembly and the Joint Session of the House of Representatives and the\nRegional Representatives Council.<\/p>\n
For this reason, the President continued, PT DSI will expand the\nscope of its supervision to 50 ports across 25 provinces. Furthermore,\nPT DSI will also broaden its oversight beyond the three strategic\ncommodities to include other leading commodities.<\/p>\n
\u201cPT DSI will manage all of our strategic commodities, not just three.\nWe no longer want the Indonesian nation to be cheated; Indonesia\u2019s\nwealth must not enrich a handful of people while leaving our people\nliving in hardship. This is not only unjust, it is not the attitude of a\nwise state. Our goods, our property, yet others determine the price,\u201d\nsaid the President.<\/p>\n
According to the President, the fraudulent practices that have\nfrequently occurred in the export transactions of these strategic\ncommodities have violated economic principles and market principles.<\/p>\n
On the same occasion, the President cited the example of\nunder-invoicing fraud occurring in palm oil exports.<\/p>\n
\u201cPreviously, Indonesian crude palm oil was sold at Indonesian ports\nfor around Rp15,000 per kilogram, while the price on the Rotterdam\nexchange in the Netherlands was Rp27,000 per kilogram. Yet in the\nNetherlands there is not even a single hectare of oil palm plantations.\nThis means we were effectively losing almost 50 percent of the value of\nour commodity,\u201d he said.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/prabowo-reveals-dsi-found-potential-additional-revenue-of-us-5-billion-from-commodity-export-transactions-1786697615", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }