JAKARTA - The government has ensured that the revision of the Foreign Exchange Earnings (DHE) rules will soon take effect. Finance Minister Purbaya revealed that the Government Regulation (PP) replacing PP Number 8 of 2025 concerning DHE has been signed by the President and is awaiting the legislative process.
"It's clear. Last Friday the President had signed it. It's just a summons," said Purbaya when giving information about the 2026 APBN KiTa at the Ministry of Finance Office, Jakarta, Thursday, January 8, 2026.
Purbaya explained that this revision of the rules is aimed at strengthening the impact of DHE on the national foreign exchange reserves. He highlighted the data on foreign exchange reserves which were considered not to reflect the size of Indonesia's trade surplus.
In 2024, the foreign exchange reserves were recorded at US$ 155.7 billion. By the end of December 2025, the figure rose to US$ 156.5 billion, or only increased by around US$ 0.8 billion. Meanwhile, the trade surplus throughout 2025 reached US$ 38.5 billion.
"With such a surplus, the impact on foreign exchange reserves is almost imperceptible," he said.
According to Purbaya, this condition indicates a gap in the previous DHE rules. The export proceeds do enter the domestic financial system, but they come out again in a very short time.
"It could be that in a matter of hours it will come out again," he said.
Through the new rules, the government will tighten the management of DHE. Funds from export earnings are directed to be placed in the banks of the State-Owned Bank Association (Himbara) so that they can be better controlled.
With this tightening, the government wants to see the real impact of trade flows on foreign exchange reserves, after taking into account the capital outflow that occurred.
"We will meet so that the DHE policy really has an impact on foreign exchange reserves, the financial market is more stable, there is enough money, and the rupiah exchange rate in the future will be better," said Purbaya.
The government is optimistic that after this regulation is enacted, the contribution of DHE to the stability of the national economy will be more visible.
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