State-Owned Danantara DSI to Begin Palm Oil and Coal Exports on 1 September 2026

Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - The government has prepared technical rules for the operational activities of exports by the Special Export State-Owned Enterprise formed by President Prabowo Subianto, namely PT Danantara Sumber Daya Indonesia, also known as PT DSI. The technical rules will take the form of a Minister of Trade Regulation (Permendag) derived from Government Regulation (PP) on the Governance of Export of Natural Resource Commodities (SDA). ‘Yes, automatically there will be a new permendag,’ said Trade Minister Budi Santoso after a limited coordination meeting at the office of the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs, Jakarta, Thursday (21/5/2026). The Trade Minister ensured that the regulation would be completed today, or at the latest tomorrow. Because the operational technical provisions for PT DSI, he said, must be resolved immediately. ‘Today it must be finished at the latest tomorrow but the technical aspects must be completed today,’ said Budi Santoso. In the draft Permendag discussed at the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs, the provisions will include defining the Export State-Owned Enterprise, regulating palm oil exports which is a strategic natural resource commodity, and that palm oil exports can only be carried out by an exporter in the form of an Export State-Owned Enterprise. Then there are transition provisions scheduled for 1 June-31 August 2026, as follows: a. Business licensing in the form of an Export Permit issued to business actors remains valid no later than 31 August 2026; b. Export Permits issued to business actors between 1 June - 31 August 2026 shall be issued with validity no later than 31 August 2026; c. Exports shall be conducted through the Export State-Owned Enterprise. - Using the Export Permit owned by the business actor; - Exporter in the name of PT Danantara Sumber Daya Indonesia; and - In the Bill of Entry (PEB), the business actor is listed as the owner of the goods, while the Export State-Owned Enterprise is the exporter. d. During the transition period, the Export State-Owned Enterprise should prepare the readiness of export document administration to be implemented on 1 September 2026. There are also provisions related to the start of PT DSI’s export activities starting 1 September 2026. The following details: a. Export can only be carried out by an Export State-Owned Enterprise; b. The Export State-Owned Enterprise must have an Export Permit with the condition of Export Rights; c. The Export Rights of the Export State-Owned Enterprise are obtained from the result of the Domestic Market Obligation (DMO) or from the transfer of Export Rights of the business actor that carries out DMO. This regulation will later repeal Ministerial Regulation No. 26 of 2024 on the Provisions for Export of Refined Palm Oil Products. This ministerial regulation will take effect on 1 June 2026. (arj/arj) Add as a preferred source on Google [Gambas:Video CNBC]