API-U Holders Now Permitted to Import Raw and Supplementary Materials

Various facilities for the importation of raw materials and/or supplementary materials (collectively referred to as “Materials”) are now available to business entities that have secured business identification numbers (nomor induk berusaha – “NIB”) that effectively function as Producer Importer Identification Numbers (Angka Pengenal Importir – Produsen – “API-P”). Said facilities have been introduced in order to ensure that imported Materials will not be sold or transferred to any other parties, activities that may ultimately lead to national economic disruption. In terms of economic development, the importation of Materials may not only be carried out by business entities whose NIB effectively function as API-P (“API-P Holders”) but can also be performed by business entities that utilize their NIB as General Importer Identification Numbers (Angka Pengenal Importir – Umum – “API-U”).[1]