Following a US Supreme Court Ruling, the Indonesian Trade Minister Comments on the 0% Tariff for Indonesian CPO and Textiles
Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - The Minister of Trade, Budi Santoso, has assured that the 0% import tariff for 1,819 Indonesian products in the US market will continue, despite a ruling by the US Supreme Court that impacts US tariff policies.
The list of products benefiting from this facility includes key commodities such as crude palm oil (CPO), cocoa, coffee, and textiles.
Budi stated that the existing trade agreements, particularly those concerning the zero-percent tariffs, are expected to continue as planned, even though there is currently an ongoing consultation process on the US side.
“There is currently a consultation period due to the recent US decision, but we hope that the agreements we have signed, particularly those concerning the 0% tariffs for products entering the US, will continue to be implemented,” said Budi when met at his office in Jakarta, Thursday (February 26, 2026).
The statement was made amidst the US’s preparations for a new wave of tariffs based on national security, following the local Supreme Court’s annulment of emergency tariffs, as well as efforts to maintain the continuity of its global tariff regime.
The list of tariff-free products includes a variety of strategic Indonesian commodities, ranging from the agricultural sector to value-added industries.
The Indonesia-US Agreements on Reciprocal Trade (ART) document notes that approximately 1,819 tariff lines receive tariff facilities ranging from 19% to 0% in the US market, up from 32% previously. These products come from the agricultural and industrial sectors, including palm oil, coffee, cocoa, spices, electronic components and semiconductors, to aircraft components.
From the agricultural sector, the zero-tariff facility includes tropical fruits such as bananas, pineapples, mangoes, durian, and papaya. Coffee commodities have six tariff lines, followed by green tea and black tea, as well as strategic spices such as pepper, nutmeg, cloves, cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, and turmeric.
In addition, cocoa and its derivatives, palm oil, palm kernel oil, and palm and coconut kernels are also included in the list of tariff-free products. Similar facilities are provided for processed fruit products, cassava and sago-based flour and starch, to potassium-based mineral fertilizers.
Not only the primary sector, but the Indonesian apparel and textile industry also receives a 0% tariff through the tariff-rate quota (TRQ) scheme or quota-based mechanism.