Event Reports

On 23 July 2019, few representatives of the EuroCham Automotive Working Group met with the Director General of Metal, Machineries, Transportation, and Electronic Industries of the Ministry of Industry, Mr. Harjanto. The purpose of the meeting is to discusses and consult as well as receive advises and direction regarding the upcoming policy changes regarding CO2 based taxation as well as the harmonization of Luxury Tax. The Automotive Group expressed supports to the government initiative to achieve national CO2 emission reduction target and incentivize the growth of low carbon emission vehicle industry by harmonizing the current luxury tax scheme. The new tax scheme that will be based on CO2 emission will also create a more level playing field for vehicles of all categories. During the meeting the Director General agreed to share updates regarding the legislation process on currently discussed policies and continue the ongoing discussion further to get feedback from the industry.

The Import-Export Procedures Working Group met on 22 July 2019 to exchange latest updates on policy development related to both import and export procedures. The meeting was opened by EuroCham Executive Director, Mr. Samuel Siahaan, followed a meeting discussion moderated by the Head and Deputy Head of EuroCham Import-Export Procedures Working Group, Mr. Rachmat Hidayat (Director of Government Relation of Danone Indonesia) and Ms. Prita Hapsari, (Customs Manager for Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand of Unilever). Topics raised by the group were efforts by the government of Indonesia to simplify export requirements in hope to boost export from the country, follow ups of position papers 2019 that already summarized some key challenges and recommendations from member companies for the government of Indonesia, and updates on plan to revise the procedures for imposition of Import Duty Tariffs based on FTAs. This meeting was attended by around 45 representatives of member companies.