Event Reports

On 16 July 2020, the Finance, Tax, and Investment Working Group organized a webinar on Investment Relocation from China, Prospect and Opportunities. This webinar invited Indra Darmawan (the Director of Regional Promotion of the Indonesia Investment Coordinating Board/BKPM) to provide an update on the latest progress made by the government in capturing the current opportunities, and what kind of facilitation that has been done. During this meeting, BKPM also shared the list of companies that have already relocated to Indonesia, and highlighted that more are in the process. The Meeting also invited to speak on belalf of the private sector, Philipp Kersting (Partner - Head of Indonesia Desk at Luther LLP), who shared his views in observing the ongoing policy development in Indonesia that can be considered by potential investors who would like to start running a project in Indonesia. The overall discussion itself was moderated by Omar Abdulkadir (Head of EuroCham Finance, Tax, and Investment Working Group and PwC Indonesia Taxation Service Advisor).

EuroCham Food and Beverage Working Group held a meeting on 15 July 2020 to gather members concerns pertaining to the Minister of Agriculture Decree No. 136/KPTS/HK.150/M/02/2020 on the Type of Pest Carrier Media and Quarantine Animal Disease and Quarantine Plant-Disturbing Organism. The Meeting was moderated by Doni Wiroto, EuroCham Head of Agriculture, Food and Beverage Working Group. On the basis of this Meeting, the Group decided to convey some key concerns to the Ministry of Agriculture to seek clarity on several stipulations that may impact business processes.