Strengthen Product Competitiveness, KKP Ensure Free Fisheries Quality Certification Costs

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) said that all certification services for the quality of fishery products are provided free of charge. This policy is carried out to strengthen the competitiveness of Indonesian fishery products in the domestic and export markets.

Head of the Marine and Fisheries Product Quality Control and Supervision Agency (Badan Mutu KKP) Ishartini said there was no fee in any form during the process of managing fishery product quality certification.

"For business actors, I would like to convey that for handling fishery quality certification, no fees will be charged, alias free of charge, starting from submission/registration, the audit process or inspection by quality inspectors until obtaining the quality certificate," said Ishartini quoted from a written statement, Friday, June 19.

He emphasized that if there were parties who asked for fees in the certification process, the action was not an official policy of the KKP.

Furthermore, Ishartini said, the KKP Quality Agency currently provides nine services for the certification of the quality of fishery products, all of which can be accessed by business actors without cost.

The nine fishery quality certifications that business actors can access to increase competitiveness and product acceptance in export destination countries, among others, processing eligibility certificates (SKP), hazard analysis critical control point (HACCP), good fish farming methods (CBIB) and good fish breeding methods (CPIB seeds).

Then, how to make good fish feed (CPPIB), how to make good fish medicine (CPOIB), how to distribute good fish medicine (CDOIB), certificate of fish distribution application (SPDI) and how to handle good fish on board (CPIB ship).

Ishartini said that the facility was part of the government's commitment to creating a healthy business climate while facilitating the development of fisheries businesses from upstream to downstream.

In addition to being free, all services can also be accessed online through the government licensing system, so that the application process is easier and more transparent.

"All certification services have clear service time standards or Service Level Agreements (SLA), including for the Processing Eligibility Certificate service, which will be issued seven days after the documents are uploaded in full, then HACCP and other certifications for 10 days," he said.

Even so, Ishartini reminded business actors to still meet the basic requirements before applying for certification, such as having compliance with the use of sea space activities (KKPRL), environmental approval, building permit (PBG), certificate of fitness for use (SLF) and standard certificate.

If these requirements have not been met, the submission will be automatically rejected through the Online Single Submission (OSS) system.