Govt. to Plan the Exclusive Export Rights of Strategic SDA Resources for Export State-Owned Enterprise

Work is currently underway on the Draft Regulation of the Government on the Management of Export of Strategic Natural Resource Commodities through State-Owned Enterprises (“Draft Regulation”). Initiated by the Government of Indonesia, this Draft Regulation is expected to introduce a centralized export control regime that fundamentally shifts the right to export specific natural resources from private entities to the state.

If enacted, the Draft Regulation would apply directly to all domestic producers and current exporters of coal, palm oil, and other designated commodities, requiring them to route their international sales through specially appointed State-Owned Enterprise, which is dubbed the PT Danantara Sumber Daya Indonesia (“PT Danantara”).[1] This shift of authority would also bring significant power to PT Danantara as it would amass massive wealth from the export of strategic natural resource (Sumber Daya Alam – “SDA”) commodities. For context, the 2025 export value of palm oil, one of the strategic SDA commodities, reached USD 23 Billion, while the 2025 export value of coal and iron allow reached USD 30 Billion and USD 16 Billion respectively.[2]