New regulations for exports introduced

New regulations for exports introduced

JAKARTA (JP): A new Ministry of Industry and Trade decree on
export commodities changes the status of several products
previously permitted or prohibited from export.

The decree, signed by trade minister Rahardi Ramelan on Dec.
4, divides export products into four categories, two identifying
products permitted for exports, and two for prohibited items.

Some products are restricted to particular registered
exporting firms, and others can be exported only with special
authority from the ministry.

Products restricted for export to registered firms are:
cassava, coffee, textiles and textile products (especially to
countries which impose quotas), veneer for plywood, plywood,
panel wood and industrial and crafted goods made of yellow
sandalwood.

A special ministry permit is required for some products,
including livestock. They include breeding and nonbreeding cows,
water buffaloes, Napoleon wrasse, arowana fish and fry, and
milkfish spawn.

Other products requiring the ministry's permission include
wheat and wheat flour, rice flour, soybeans and soybean flour,
palm kernel, sugarcane, urea, alligator skin, protected flora and
fauna, powdered and half processed silver, powdered gold and
ingot, and iron and steel waste and scrap.

Also covered is waste or scrap of stainless steel, copper,
brass and aluminum -- all from Batam island -- as well as crude
oil.

Products banned from export are particular species of arowana
fish and fry, aquarium fish larger than 15 centimeters and
freshwater prawn.

Rice, reptile skins other than alligator, endangered fauna and
flora, and smokehouse materials are also banned from export.

Also barred is export of waste and scrap of steel and iron
except that from Batam, and antique goods with historical value.
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