Mineral Products Export Requirements Regulation

• Author: William A. Sullivan/Christian Teo Purwono & Partners
• Profession: Licensed Foreign Advocate in Indonesia as well as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
• Pages: 201-211

CHAPTER 17

Mineral Products Export

Requirements Regulation

I.Executive Summary

1. Overview

The Mineral Products Export Regulation (hereinafter referred to as “MoTR

29/2012”) was issued with legal effect from May 7, 2012 and having regard

to Article 5 of the 2009 Mining Law which provides that the Government shall

issue regulations to prioritize the availability of minerals and coal for domestic

interest by controlling the production and export of certain mineral products.

2. Approach

2.1Mineral Products: MoTR 29/2012 aims to control the export of cer-

tain unprocessed mineral products (“Certain Mineral Products”).

2.2 Only parties that have the status of “registered exporters”of Certain

Mining Products (“ET-Certain Mineral Products”) may export min-

eral products.

2.3Relevant Mineral Products: There are 65 Certain Mining Products

including:

a. Metal minerals;

b. Nonmetal minerals; and

c. Rocks; but

d.Not coal.

2.4 The details of the Certain Mineral Products are set out in the Appendix

to MoTR 29/2012.

2.5Requirements for ET-Certain Mineral Products Status: Compa-

nies that wish to be ET-Mineral Products must submit an application to

DGoFT and fulfill various other requirements including, most impor-

tantly, obtaining a recommendation from MoEMR.

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