At Least 250,000 Dollars, DHE's New Rules Are Confirmed Not To Target Small Exporters

JAKARTA - The government through the Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto emphasized that the implementation of the new Export Result Foreign Exchange (DHE) will certainly not have an impact on trade activities for small exporters.

According to Airlangga, this assumption is based on the lower limit of DHE regulations which are relatively large for people-scale business actors.

"The export value is at least 250,000 US dollars per document. Now what is below is not mandatory, so that medium, small and micro enterprises are not affected by this policy," he said at a press conference in Jakarta, Friday, July 28.

Airlangga explained that the government's alignment with the small and medium enterprises sector is still a priority.

For this reason, DHE's new rules are only mandatory for the strategic sector on a large trade scale.

"The sectors are mining (coal), plantations (oil palm oil/CPO), forestry (paper industry), and fishery (fish products and others)," he said.

Airlangga added that this new policy is contained in Government Regulation (PP) Number 36 of 2023 concerning Export Result Foreign Exchange (DHE) which is planned to take effect on August 1.

"So what is guarded in this case is not only about the earth, water, land, but also the results must be for the national interest, namely the value or monetization of the natural resources (SDA) itself," he said.