Event Reports

On 29 July 2021, the Energy Working Group held its regular meeting to discuss reforms in the Indonesian Power Sector, particularly on the latest draft of the Electricity Procurement Business Plan (RUPTL) 2021-2030, which emphasizes renewable energy under the “Green” RUPTL. The guest speaker for this meeting was Caroline Chua, Analyst of Southeast Asia for BloombergNEF. As stipulated in the draft RUPTL, it is hoped that there will be an additional 41GW of generating capacity by 2030. For this reason, according to her explanation, this can be achieved if the government can improve regulatory and environmental factors that create demand and opportunities to increase renewable energy development.

Following an alignment call in preparation with other foreign chambers on 28 July 2021, the joint chambers met the Directorate General of Customs and Excise the next day on 29 July 2021. The meeting was participated by EuroCham, US-ABC, AmCham, and the EU-ABC on behalf of leading global logistics services companies. During this meeting, the Directorate General of Customs and Excise was represented by the Director of International Customs and Excise, Syarif Hidayat, along with colleagues from the Directorate of Technical Customs. The purpose of the Meeting was to jointly discuss the upcoming implementation of insertion of tax identification requirement in the inward and outward manifest at the house airwaybill level, as mandated by the Director General of Customs and Excise Regualtion No. 11 of 2020.

During the Meeting, the joint chambers conveyed their concerns, specifically on the requirement to include Tax Identification Numbers (NPWP) at the House Airwaybill Level, or other alternative identification numbers in the manifest for all inward and outward shipments. Partial incompleteness of the Tax Identification data or other identification of the shipper and consignee can lead to issues for the overall clearance of the shipment. Based on this meeting, the Customs Main Office confirmed that other forms of personal information, such as a telephone number, can be used in place of the Tax Identification numbers and that the Diretorate of Customs and Excise Information has updated their IT system to accommodate such information. Therefore, information like telephone numbers included in the manifest will not render a rejection of the entire manifest when submitted to Customs.