Event Reports

On 18th March, Eurocham’s Transport & Logistics Sub-Working Group had the honor of meeting with ALFI (Indonesian Logistics and Forwarders Association) at their office in Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta. The meeting was chaired by the General Chairman of the region, Adil Karim, and Herry Susanto, Head of the Taxation Team of ALFI, as well as the Head of the Transport & Logistics Sub-Working Group and President Director of A. Hartrodt, Ratna Dewi, gathered to discuss ongoing regulatory issues and advocacy efforts intended for the Tax Directorate General.

The meeting was attended by the esteemed ALFI team and also EuroCham Indonesia Transport & Logistics Sub-Working members. The meeting concluded with Iftar sharing among the members and the ALFI team, and we extend our gratitude to the ALFI team for their hospitality.

EuroCham was cordially invited by the Employers’ Association of Indonesia (APINDO) for a coordination meeting regarding the implementation of Ministry of Trade Regulation No. 36 of 2023 on 15 March at the APINDO office. The meeting commenced with remarks from Shinta Kamdani (Chairman of APINDO) and followed by a panel discussion led by Anne Patricia Susanto (Head of the Trade Section of APINDO).

The panel discussion was led by the Ministry of Industry and divided into sectors as follows:

1. Directorate of Forest and Plantation Products Industry
2. Directorate of Upstream Chemicals
3. Directorate of ILMATE
4. Directorate of IKFT

To conclude the session, Bapak Adie Rochmanto (Director of IKFT) summarized all the panel discussions and will follow up with the participants’ input to be taken into consideration.