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Ref: EIC 613/10

26 March 2021

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 185/2021

Textiles Trader Registration Circular No. 3/2021

Indonesia : Safeguard Measures on Certain Articles of Apparel and Clothing Accessories

Further to Commercial Information Circular (CIC) No. 748/2020 dated 14 October 2020, this CIC informs that the Government of Indonesia has concluded the safeguard investigations and decided to impose safeguard measures on certain articles of apparel and clothing accessories, including top garments; bottom garments; suits, ensembles and dresses; outerwear; babies' garments and clothing accessories; and headwear and neckwear.

2.According to notification of the World Trade Organization (WTO) (document symbols G/SG/N/8/IDN/28·G/SG/N/10/IDN/28), the increase of import of aforementioned products has caused a threat of serious injury to the domestic industry in Indonesia and its Government has decided to impose safeguard measures on these products irrespective of the sources, except for those being placed on the exclusion list. Hong Kong is not on the exclusion list.

3.Indonesia's safeguard measures will be applicable to products of 134 eight-digit HS codes of Indonesia (excluding those made from Celliant Fabric Technology). For details, please refer to Part D of the WTO notification as mentioned in Paragraph 2 above. The safeguard measures will be taken in the form of specific duty (Rupiah/Piece) applicable to the imported products in the following categories as set out in the table below:

Product categories Specific Duty (Rupiah/Piece)
Period I Period II Period III
(i) Top garments (casual) 45,499 42,305 39,335
(ii) Top garments (formal) 156,979 145,959 135,713
(iii) Bottom garments 90,346 84,004 78,107
(iv) Suits, ensembles and dresses 159,143 147,971 137,584
(v) Outerwear 138,930 129,177 120,109
(vi) Babies' garments and clothing accessories 32,034 29,785 27,694
(vii) Headwear and neckwear 6,231 5,794 5,387

4.The effective date of the safeguard measures will be announced in the decree of the Minister of Finance of Indonesia, to be promulgated at the Official Gazette in due course. The Department will keep the trade informed once the information is available.

ENQUIRIES

5.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact us at 2398 5594.

Yours faithfully,

(Brian CHOI)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry

Note: While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the above information, the Department cannot guarantee this to be so and will not be held liable for any reliance placed on the same.