Event Reports

The group held its bimonthly meeting on 21 January 2019. The group in this meeting reviews past activities in the last two months, and further discussed priority topics for 2020 as well as the next publication of position papers 2020. Various topics discussed during the meeting includes investment regime in the transportation and logistics sector, taxation and customs regulations, transportation regulations related to shipping and container handling, and few import regulations.

On 16 January 2020, few representatives from EuroCham Food & Beverages Working Group had a chance to meet with Deputy Minister for Food and Agriculture of the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs, Ms. Musdhalifah Machmud. The purpose of the meeting was to ask support from the Coordinating Ministry on the challenges in importing dairy products, especially from EU origin. EuroCham members generally would appreciate business certainty in importing dairy products required to support their business in Indonesia. During the meeting the Deputy Minister acknowledged also that companies who have made investment in Indonesia, will also need to secure their supply chain.