Indonesia issues regulation establishing single-gate exports for strategic commodities

Indonesia has officially issued Government Regulation No. 24 of 2026 on the Governance of Exports of Strategic Natural Resource Commodities, establishing the legal basis for a single-gate export system through a specially assigned state-owned enterprise.

The regulation was signed by President Prabowo Subianto on 20 May 2026 and promulgated on the same day by Minister of State Secretariat Prasetyo Hadi. The policy had previously been announced directly by the president as part of the government’s plan to tighten control over exports of strategic natural resources.

Under Article 2 of the regulation, the government will regulate the export governance of all commodities designated as strategic natural resources. The designation will be introduced in stages, with three commodities regulated first: coal, palm oil and ferroalloys.

Article 3 states that commodities designated as strategic natural resources may only be exported through an export state-owned enterprise. The government has appointed PT Danantara Sumberdaya Indonesia, or PT DSI, for this role.

The regulation also gives the export SOE authority to determine the selling price of strategic natural resource commodities. Article 3 paragraph 2 states that, in the implementation of exports through the export SOE, the selling price of the commodities shall be determined by the export SOE.

The same article also allows the export SOE to determine a reasonable margin in accordance with prevailing laws and regulations.

“The Export SOE, in carrying out exports of Strategic Natural Resource Commodities as referred to in paragraph (1), may determine a margin at a reasonable level in accordance with the provisions of laws and regulations,” Article 3 paragraph 4 states.

Danantara’s management previously said export commodity pricing would refer to a fair, transparent and accountable methodology. The company said the single-gate export model was intended to prevent under-invoicing and ensure that recorded export values reflect actual transactions.

“The methodology will take into account reasonable adjustments for differences in quality, specifications, logistics costs and contract structures, so that price fairness is assessed in a comprehensive context, closing loopholes for manipulation without standardising transactions that are commercially different,” Danantara’s management said in a written statement on Friday, 5 June.

The regulation sets a deadline for the implementation of the single-gate export policy. Article 7 states that exports of strategic natural resource commodities may only be conducted through the export SOE no later than 31 December 2026. This means that from 1 January 2027, exports through PT DSI will become mandatory.

The government is providing a transition period from June to December 2026. During this period, Article 8 states that sales contracts signed before 1 June 2026 and still in force will be evaluated by the export SOE.

Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia said the appointment of PT DSI as the sole intermediary for natural resource exports would not change the licences or existing rules applying to mining companies.

“For our friends in the existing mining business, there will be no changes to any regulations,” Bahlil said at a press conference at the Parliamentary Complex in Central Jakarta on Monday, 8 June.

He said the government would maintain the current regulatory framework for mining businesses. Future mining activities, he added, would also follow the same rules.

“For future activities, we will also use the same rules. It is just that the Mineral and Coal Mining Law provides priority to MSMEs and several sectors that are considered priority areas in supporting downstreaming to create added value,” he said.

Bahlil said the statement represented the government’s official position and was intended to avoid uncertainty for businesses.

Head of the SOE Management Agency and Danantara Chief Operating Officer Dony Oskaria said PT DSI would operate as the sole export intermediary from June until 31 December 2026, in line with the mandate set out in the government regulation.

Dony said PT DSI’s task was to ensure that natural resource exports were carried out more transparently, including by preventing under-invoicing and transfer pricing.

“Our task is to ensure that under-invoicing and transfer pricing do not occur in the export of the natural resources we own,” Dony said.

He said the government was developing a digital system to ensure that natural resource export transactions were carried out fairly and transparently.

Dony also said PT DSI would not disrupt existing contracts held by mining companies or exporters.

“We will also continue to honour the contracts already held by all companies. Of course, they will proceed as they currently stand, as long as the practices we seek to prevent — under-invoicing and transfer pricing — do not occur,” he said.

He added that businesses should not be concerned about sudden changes to ongoing operations or existing agreements.

“So, for all entrepreneurs and the Indonesian public, there is no need to worry. All contracts will continue as normal,” Dony said.

According to Dony, PT DSI’s operations until the end of 2026 will also serve as a trial period for the government to assess the effectiveness of the sole export intermediary model. The results of the implementation will be used as evaluation material before the government determines the next model.

“We are simply ensuring this process continues until we find a better model after 31 December 2026,” he said.

Dony also rejected suggestions that PT DSI would act as an export broker.

“It is as though we are being portrayed as brokers taking an export margin, when that is not the case,” he said after the press conference at the Parliamentary Complex in Senayan, Jakarta.

He was responding to questions over Article 3 paragraph 4 of the regulation, which allows the export SOE to determine a reasonable margin.

Dony said PT DSI would not take profits from natural resource exports, but would instead charge service fees to businesses. He gave the example of export inspections, which may require costs to be covered. In such cases, verification would be the service provided to businesses.

“The business then has legal standing. What they export has been verified, both in terms of price and quantity,” Dony said.

He reiterated that PT DSI was not an export broker and that any fees charged would be service fees.

“It has never crossed our minds to suddenly become brokers — buying at 5, adding another 5, then selling at 10 — because that would not sell. There are already international benchmark prices,” he said.

Coordinating Economic Affairs Minister Airlangga Hartarto said companies exporting natural resources must report their export activities to PT DSI from 1 June 2026.

The reporting will be carried out through the Customs Excise Information System and Automation, known as CEISA 4.0, a platform operated by the Directorate General of Customs and Excise under the Ministry of Finance.

Previously, export companies were only required to report to the Directorate General of Customs and Excise through the same platform.

Airlangga said the initial implementation of the new reporting mechanism would cover coal, ferroalloys and palm oil.

The government will evaluate the mechanism during the first three months of implementation before the policy is fully applied from 1 January 2027.

Airlangga said businesses and exporters were expected to use the six-month transition period to adjust to the new export reporting mechanism.