This Is Why Danantara Formed PT Danantara Sumber Daya Indonesia (DSI), Indonesia’s New State-Owned Enterprise for Export Management of Strategic Commodities
Jakarta — The Danantara Investment Management Agency (BPI Danantara) has outlined the reasons for forming PT Danantara Sumber Daya Indonesia (DSI) as Indonesia’s new state-owned enterprise (BUMN) that will handle the export of strategic commodities.
Managing Director, Stakeholders Management & Communications at Danantara Indonesia, Rohan Hafas, said the establishment of PT DSI is a follow-up to President Prabowo Subianto’s mandate to strengthen national export governance.
“This (PT DSI) is directly under Danantara. The one with large capital and size is Danantara,” Rohan said at a media briefing at Wisma Danantara Indonesia, Jakarta, on Wednesday (20 May 2026) as quoted by Antara.
PT DSI will ultimately operate directly under BPI Danantara with a focus on managing export transactions of a number of strategic natural resource commodities.
In the initial phase, from 1 June to 31 December 2026, PT DSI will function as an evaluator and intermediary between sellers and buyers for certain commodities exported abroad.
Subsequently, from January 2027, PT DSI will transform into a trading company that purchases commodities directly from exporters, holds the goods, and bears the trading risks before selling them to the international market.
Export proceeds will be received in foreign currency in line with the destination country. However, all foreign exchange from export proceeds will be repatriated to Indonesia.
The government has tasked PT DSI with managing and supervising export of strategic natural-resource commodities, such as crude palm oil (CPO), coal, and ferroalloys.
President Prabowo stated that the establishment of the company aims to strengthen export oversight while preventing illegal practices in the trade of natural resources.
The illegal practices referred to include under-invoicing, transfer pricing, and capital flight of export proceeds abroad.