Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – The Directorate General of Customs and Excise (DJBC) of the Ministry of Finance confirmed that all containers that were previously stuck are now leaving the ports in Tanjung Priok and Tanjung Perak. The total is 26,514 containers.

“The release of imported containers at the two ports is a responsive step by the government in following up on the enactment of Regulation of the Minister of Trade Number 8 of 2024 (Permendag-8) concerning the Third Amendment to Regulation of the Minister of Trade Number 36 of 36 concerning Import Policies and Regulations. The responsive government helps speed up business activities and support national economic activities,” said the Director of Communications and Guidance for Customs Service Users, Nirwala Dwi Heriyanto in a press release, Monday (3/6/2024)

The process of completing all containers at the two ports continues to run in accordance with applicable regulations. “We ensure that the process remains in line with applicable governance and is carried out in an accountable manner. Also, it is carried out in accordance with the responsibilities of each party, such as importers, surveyors, temporary storage place (TPS) managers, Pelindo, as well as related ministries/institutions “, namely the Ministry of Trade, Ministry of Industry, Customs and others,” he said.

Meanwhile, for imported containers that are rejected, for several reasons, such as needing to be re-exported, including uncontrolled goods (BTD), goods that are subject to prohibitions and restrictions, goods that do not comply with SNI, and do not receive import approval ( PI) or technical considerations (Pertek) from the relevant ministries, they will still be followed up consistently.

It is known that on Sunday (02/06) there were around 8,900 new containers in Tanjung Priok and around 2,400 new containers in Tanjung Perak, the settlement of which will be followed up together based on the latest service level agreement (SLA) in Permendag-08. With this number of new containers, the yard occupancy ratio (YOR) or container terminal capacity is still relatively normal, namely around 40-50%.

Nirwala said that currently his party continues to communicate and coordinate with all stakeholders. It is also certain that stakeholders will continue to monitor and evaluate the handling of joint services at the port.

“We continue to encourage importers to submit documents and encourage surveyors to speed up the issuance of surveyor reports (LS). We also coordinate with other relevant agencies at the port, to provide a 24/7 service commitment by all parties, providing posts/helpdesks on line 1 and line “2, providing updated data on the order verification process by Surveyors, and creating a container completion monitoring dashboard,” he detailed.

Nirwala also expressed his appreciation to all stakeholders involved, “We appreciate and thank all stakeholders who have worked together to resolve this pending issue and carry out the President's direction to support the accelerated resolution of this problem within two weeks.”

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