This Is Chronology Of Export Failure Of CPO Derivative Products That Lose Billions Of Rupiah To The State

The Special Task Force for Optimizing State Revenue (Satgas OPN) of the National Police together with the Ministry of Finance through the Directorate General of Customs and Excise (DJBC) and the Directorate General of Taxes (DJP) have carried out joint operations that have succeeded in uncovering new modes of avoidance of export obligations in palm oil commodities and their derivative products.

Director General of Customs and Excise at the Ministry of Finance, Jaka Budi Utama, said that the joint operation between the Ministry of Finance through DJBC, DGT together with the National Police's OPN Task Force succeeded in uncovering alleged violations of exports of palm oil derivative products in 87 containers, which were reported in seven Goods Export Notification (PEB) documents at Tanjung Priok Port, Jakarta.

"The export activity by PT MMS is allegedly not in accordance with the provisions of Customs and Exit, Export Charges and violates export bans and/or restrictions (Lartas)," said Jaka, Thursday, November 6.

Jaka explained that the alleged customs violation committed by PT MMS began with the findings and initial analysis of the National Police's OPN Task Force, which identified indications of irregularities in export activities for palm oil derivative products. The information was then officially submitted to DJBC for follow-up steps in the form of supervision and inspection in the field.

The results of developments carried out by the Main Service Office for Customs and Excise Type A Tanjung Priok show that the number of export containers suspected of being involved has increased significantly, from 25 containers to 87 export containers, all of which come from the same company.

In seven PEB documents, PT MMS reports an export commodity in the form of a Fatty Matter with a total net weight of 1,802.71 tons worth around Rp. 28.79 billion. This commodity is a category of goods that are not subject to Customs and Exit, Export Charges, and is not included in the provisions of prohibition or export restrictions (Lartas).

As a follow-up to the results of the analysis and coordination, from 22 to 27 October 2025, physical affirmation and examination of seven PEB belonging to PT MMS by Customs and Excise officers at Tanjung Priok Port were carried out. The inspection was also accompanied by an example of goods for laboratory testing by the Customs and Excise Laboratory and the Integrated Laboratory of the Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), witnessed directly by the Police OPN Task Force Team.

Furthermore, on October 29, 2025, a meeting was held to discuss the results of laboratory tests attended by representatives of DJBC, DGT, and the National Police's OPN Task Force. From the results of the discussion, it was strongly indicated that the export products reported as Fatty Matter were not a Fatty Matter as stipulated in the Regulation of the Minister of Industry Number 32 of 2024, so it could potentially be subject to Customs and Export Charges in accordance with applicable regulations.

Currently, the results of the prevention and examination are still in the stage of further handling and research by DJBC. DJBC is conducting an in-depth investigation of related parties as well as collecting facts and evidence to ensure accurate classification of goods.

"The final results of this examination will be the basis for determining administrative and/or law enforcement sanctions for alleged criminal acts in the customs sector, in accordance with the provisions of the applicable laws and regulations," he continued.

He added that this field finding is an initial valid proof of the results of a study conducted by the National Police's OPN Task Force since mid-2025. The study focuses on efforts to optimize state revenues from the natural resource sector, especially from export activities for palm oil derivative products.

The study was carried out since July 2025 involving various ministries and institutions, including the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Trade, and the Plantation Fund Management Agency (BPDP).

The cross-institutional study found indications of the practice of undercover type goods or HS misclassification, underinvoice practice, and tax evasion by a number of exporters of palm oil derivative products.

"This mode has the potential to cause enormous state revenue losses and strengthen shadow economy activities, namely economic activities that take place outside the official state system and are not recorded in the tax or customs system," said Jaka.

The results of the study, he continued, showed that from 2022 to early 2025, a number of exporters reported exports as POME Oil (HS Code 230690) to avoid the obligation to Get Out and Export Charges. In fact, Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) is actually liquid waste from the processing of Crude Palm Oil (CPO) with oil levels of only about 0.7 percent and is economically ill-posed to be exported in large quantities. The data show that the export volume of POME actually exceeds the national export volume of CPO, and found significant differences between Indonesia's export data and data import destination countries (mirror gap).

"From the results of the initial analysis, DGT found the potential loss of state revenue of around Rp140 billion due to the price difference (underinvoiting) between the value listed in the export document and the actual price of goods," said Jaka.