Rules For Limiting Goods For Sending Indonesian Migrant Workers Evaluated, This Is A Government Decree

The luggage of migrant workers (intermediate)

JAKARTA - Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto together with the Minister of Trade Zulkifli Hasan and all related Ministries/Institutions held a limited coordination meeting (Rakortas) at the Coordinating Ministry for the Economy (Kemenko Perekonomy) Office.

Spokesperson and Head of the Communications, Information Services and Trial Bureau of the Coordinating Ministry for the Economy Haryo Limanseto said the material discussed regarding the restrictions on the shipments of Indonesian Migrant Workers/Indonesian Workers (PMI/TKI) and the luggage of Indonesian citizens who had just returned from abroad.

"The meeting is intended to evaluate the implementation of Permendag No.36/2023 jo.Permendag 03/2024," he said in a written statement, quoted Wednesday, April 17, 2024.

The following are the results of the Coordination Meeting's decision:

1. Regarding PMI Delivery Goods, it was agreed as follows:

PMI Delivery Goods are PMI-owned goods sent by PMI who are working abroad and not to be traded, so there is no need to regulate them in the Minister of Trade Regulation on Import Policy and Regulation (Permendag 36/2023 jo. 3/2024).

The regulation of importing PMI Shipments is based on PMK (Minister of Finance Regulation) 141/2023 concerning PMI Goods Import Provisions whose implementation is carried out by Customs (DJBC).

The government will immediately revise / change Permendag 36/2023 jo. 3/2024, in particular by removing it from the Permendag, namely Attachment III of Imports of Goods sent by Indonesian Migrant Workers (PMI) which regulates Types / Groups of Goods and Limits on the Number of Goods for each Delivery of Goods.

Arrangements for PMI delivery items are carried out in accordance with Minister of Finance Regulation (PMK) 141/2023:

PMI can deliver PMI-owned goods sent by PMI who are working abroad and not for trade.

The provisions for the restriction of types and the number of goods are not enforced, but there are restrictions on the value of goods that get Exemption of Import Duty, Non-Corruption of VAT, PPnBm and Article 22 Imports of PPh.

PMI Delivery Goods are given Import Duty Exemption with a customs value of 500 US dollars per shipment, with a maximum of 3 shipments per year for PMI recorded (at most 1,500 US dollars per year).

If there is an excess of the value of the goods in question (more than 500 US dollars or more than 1,500 US dollars for PMI is recorded), then the excess value will be treated as a regular Delivery Goods (Non-PMI) and subject to Import Duty of 7.5 percent (according to PMK 141/2023).

The fulfillment of the provisions for the prohibition of restrictions is enforced by referring to the provisions of Prohibited Imports and K3L Goods.

2. In addition to PMI Delivery Goods, it has also been agreed that the arrangements for Passengers' Private Goods will also be removed from the regulation at Permendag No. 36/2023 jo. No. 03/2024, and is fully regulated in PMK.

3. Regarding the issuance of Technical Considerations (Pertek) on several commodities, it was agreed to be postponed considering the readiness of regulations and systems in related Ministries / Agencies (K/L), and it was agreed to return the provisions of Permendag No. 36/2023 jo.No. 03/2024 to the spirit of easy imports in accordance with the provisions of Permendag No. 20/2021 jo. No. 25/2022.

4. The implementation of the transition period of Permendag No. 36/2023jo. No. 03/2024 so as not to cause problems and problems in implementation in the field.

"The discussion and further arrangements for the Amendment to Permendag 36/2023 jo. 3/2024, will soon be discussed at a Technical Coordination Meeting involving all relevant Ministries and Institutions and will be coordinated by the Coordinating Ministry for the Economy," he said.