854,100 Dose Of Pfizer Vaccine Enters Indonesia Through Semarang Airport

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SEMARANG - A total of 854,100 doses of Pfizer brand COVID-19 vaccine entered Indonesia via Ahmad Yani Airport Semarang, Central Java.

Head of the Tanjung Emas Customs Office Semarang, Anton Martin, said that fiscal facilities in the form of exemption from import duties and services were immediately provided for the import of Pfizer vaccines that arrived today.

"The estimated value of the import duty exemption is around Rp. 79 billion," he said, quoted by Antara, Thursday, October 7.

According to him, this is the second importation of vaccines through Ahmad Yani Airport in Semarang by PT Pfizer Indonesia.

Anton said the granting of the fiscal facility was a form of Tanjung Emas Customs' commitment in handling COVID-19.

The provision of this fiscal facility is in accordance with the Regulation of the Ministry of Finance Number 74/PMK.04/2021 concerning the Release of Imported Goods for Use with Immediate Service as well as the Regulation of the Minister of Finance Number 188/PMK.04/2020 concerning the Provision of Customs and/or Excise Facilities and Taxation on Imports Procurement of Vaccines in the context of Handling the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Anton added that the implementation of vaccination in Indonesia could be faster with the arrival of more vaccines.

According to him, fiscal policy is not only given to the import of vaccines, but also other commodities for handling COVID-19, such as oxygen tanks and other medical devices.