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The measure is regulated under Finance Ministry Regulation No. 98/2025, signed by Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa on Dec. 22, with the tariffs set to take effect this Saturday.
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A worker operates an automatic embroidery machine on Oct. 7, 2025, at Anuhi Kahti Konveksi, Tangerang City, Banten. (Antara/Putra M. Akbar)
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he government has signed a regulation to impose safeguard duties on woven cotton fabrics to curb imports of the commodity in a bid to protect local industry.
Finance Ministry Regulation No. 98/2025 was signed by Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa on Dec. 22, with the tariffs set to take effect this Saturday.
The regulation states that authorities may impose import duties or safeguard tariffs when “there is a surge in imports” of a commodity that directly competes with domestically produced goods, in order to prevent injury to the domestic industry.
A safeguard duty is a temporary customs duty enforced under the emergency provisions of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Safeguards, which entered into force in 1995 alongside the establishment of the WTO.
The decision follows an investigation by the Indonesian Trade Security Committee (KPPI), which found a surge in imports of woven cotton fabrics that “caused serious injury to the domestic industry”.
The tariffs will apply to 16 commodities defined by their eight-digit Harmonized System codes, with duties ranging from Rp 2,900 (17 US cents) to Rp 3,300 per meter of imported fabric.
The levies will apply to imports from all countries and will be imposed in addition to existing general import duties and tariffs under current trade agreements. However, the ministry has exempted imports from 122 countries classified as “emerging WTO member states” from the additional levy.
