Event Reports

EuroCham was invited by the Customs Main Office to a Workshop on the Minister of Finance Regulation No. 122/PMK.04/2021 on Procedures for Imposition of Import Duty Tariff on Imported Goods Based on the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement between Indonesia and the EFTA States. The workshop, which was held on 29 October 2021, provided information on the background for the issuance of the regulation, benefits as well as topics included into the Agreement, and the requirements such as origin criteria, consignment criteria, and procedural requirements for the imposition of import duty tariff based on the Indonesia EFTA CEPA.

On Friday, 29 October 2021, a taxation sub-group within the Transport and Logistics Working Group organized a meeting to specifically exchange the latest developments on taxation related topics within the freight forwarding industry. The meeting was chaired by the Deputy of the Working Group, Halim Sugyanto (CFO of DB Schenker), who announced that this meeting was his last meeting as the Deputy of the Working Group as he is stepping down from the position. The meeting also invited Susy Suryani and Faozan Efendi from the Suryani Suyanto & Associates (SSA) as external speakers to highlight the main changes of the new law on harmonization of tax regulation in its relation with freight forwarding business. The Group specifically discussed the possible changes in practice of VAT collection for international freight, as a consequence of a tariff increase by the new law.