Customs Adjusts CEISA Export System, Exporters Must Take Note

The government has confirmed that the implementation of new governance for the export of strategic natural resource commodities will not drastically alter the export process that businesses have been running so far. However, there is one important change that exporters must pay attention to from now on. The most noticeable change that exporters will encounter is in the CEISA 4.0 system used in the export process. This change comes after the enactment of Government Regulation (PP) Number 24 of 2026, which regulates the export governance of strategic natural resource commodities such as palm oil, coal, and ferroalloy. As a follow-up, the Directorate General of Customs and Excise (DJBC) has adjusted the electronic export system to accommodate reporting requirements to the state-owned export company appointed by the government. “DJBC has added a feature, namely an export reporting checkbox to PT Danantara Sumber Daya Indonesia DSI,” said Agus Budi Priyono, Head of Export Section I at the DJBC Technical Directorate of Customs, during a socialisation of Trade Ministry Regulations Number 15, 16, and 17 of 2026 on Tuesday (9/6/2026). The addition of this feature is part of a transition period running from 1 June to 31 December 2026. During this period, existing exporters can still export using the licences and mechanisms that have been in force. This means businesses remain the party responsible for managing export documents, fulfilling prohibition and restriction requirements, paying export duties, and reporting foreign exchange proceeds from exports. According to Agus, the government deliberately ensured that business processes do not change too much during the transition period. The aim is to avoid disrupting trade activities and the national export flow. “Broadly speaking, the customs process has not actually changed much,” he said. He explained that the main change is merely an additional data flow to PT DSI Danantara Sumber Daya Indonesia as the state-owned export company appointed by the government to manage the export governance of strategic natural resources. Going forward, export data for commodities falling under the strategic natural resource category will be automatically forwarded to PT DSI after the exporter gives approval through the system. “There is only an additional reporting obligation to the state-owned export company. The rest remains the same,” said Agus.