Regulation Watch · Business Licensing · The Batam Free Trade and Free Port Area, or KPBPB Batam, in Riau Islands Province. The regulation is relevant to foreign and domestic investors, PT PMA and PT PMDN companies, industrial operators, manufacturers, recyclers, companies relocating production facilities, new investment projects, importers, directors, shareholders and the licensing, customs, trade, environmental and logistics teams responsible for restricted-goods entry into Batam.
Batam Sets New Import Approvals for Non-B3 Waste and Used Capital Goods
BP Batam Perka 15/2026 creates annual approvals, monthly reporting, surveyor checks, extension deadlines and handling fees for importing non-B3 waste and used capital goods into the Batam Free Trade Zone.
- Published
- Perka BP Batam 15/2026 was established by the Head of BP Batam on 18 August 2026. The signed instrument does not state a separate promulgation date. BP Batam published the official regulation page and signed text online on 30 October 2026.
- Effective
- 1 September 2026, 14 days after it was established on 18 August 2026, as required by Article 21.
- Added to Watch
- 5 November 2026
Who is affected
Businesses importing non-hazardous and non-toxic waste, or limbah non-B3, as industrial raw material into Batam; industrial businesses bringing used capital goods into Batam for factory relocation or new investment; PT PMA and PT PMDN investors, directors and shareholders; overseas suppliers and registered exporters; surveyors; and licensing, INSW, customs, environmental, procurement, production, logistics, finance and compliance teams.
Practical impact
An importer must obtain a BP Batam approval through the BP Batam licensing system connected to INSW before bringing covered goods into the Batam FTZ. The non-B3 waste route requires evidence on the overseas exporter, source and cleanliness of the material, the importer's KBLI and actual raw-material need, facility capacity, technology, environmental approval and planned volume. The used capital goods route is limited to industrial relocation or new investment and requires investment support, the factory layout and production flow. Each approval is valid for one calendar year. Importers must submit monthly realisation reports, use a surveyor where the applicable import rules require verification, and pay a handling charge of IDR 30,000 per ton at the designated port for either category.
BP Batam established Perka 15/2026 on 18 August 2026 and made it effective 14 days later, on 1 September. The official Batam Port publication page and signed regulation were added online on 30 October. The regulation governs the entry of non-B3 waste and used capital goods subject to restriction into the Batam Free Trade and Free Port Area.
The non-B3 waste approval is designed for industrial raw material, not general waste disposal. The importer must show that its KBLI, licensed business activity, actual raw-material need, facility capacity, production technology and environmental approval support the proposed material and volume. The overseas exporter must be properly licensed, and the parties must certify that the material is not sourced from a landfill, is homogeneous and contains no rubbish, hazardous substances or hazardous waste. The importer must accept re-export and environmental responsibility if the shipment does not conform.
Used capital goods may be brought in only for industrial relocation or new investment. The applicant needs an effective risk-based or supporting business licence, a declaration describing the relocation or investment and its construction status, a support letter from the BP Batam investment unit stating the tariff code, item and quantity, and the proposed factory layout and production flow.
Applications run through the BP Batam licensing system integrated with INSW. For a non-B3 waste application, administrative verification is allocated one working day, technical verification five working days and final approval one working day after the recommendation. Used-capital-goods administrative verification is allocated one working day, followed by approval within one working day after the recommendation. These service periods depend on a complete and consistent file.
Each approval runs for one calendar year and must match the approved tariff code, quantity, port and country of origin. Changes require an amendment. Surveyor verification applies where the relevant import rules require it, before shipment in the country of origin for non-B3 waste and at destination for used capital goods. A used-capital-goods shipment that fails the surveyor check cannot enter and must be supported by a new application.
The regulation imposes monthly realisation reporting and a first-report deadline of 14 days after approval. A limited 30-day extension is available where goods were loaded before expiry but delayed, provided the request is filed at least seven working days before expiry with the required declaration and bill of lading. The annex sets a handling charge of IDR 30,000 per ton for both non-B3 waste and used capital goods at the designated port.
BP Batam must supervise compliance at least annually through environmental audits, facility-capacity evaluation and electronic monitoring of realisation. Enforcement escalates from a written warning to freezing and revocation. Businesses therefore need an approval register that connects licensing, customs, surveyor, environmental, shipment, inventory and monthly report records rather than treating the process as a one-time import filing.
Required action
- Identify every planned Batam shipment that contains non-B3 waste or used capital goods and stop treating an NIB, customs registration or ordinary import document as sufficient approval.
- For non-B3 waste, reconcile the NIB, risk-based business licence, KBLI, raw-material demand, facility capacity, production technology and environmental approval with the type and volume to be imported.
- Obtain legalised evidence of the overseas exporter's licence and profile, together with declarations that the material is not sourced from a landfill, contains no rubbish, hazardous waste or hazardous substances, is homogeneous and will be taken back if it does not conform.
- Prepare the Indonesian importer's declaration covering the material conditions, re-export commitment and full environmental and social responsibility, and preserve the technical evidence and surveyor report supporting the application.
- For used capital goods, confirm that the shipment supports an industrial relocation or new investment, obtain the BP Batam investment support letter with tariff code, item and quantity, and submit the factory layout and production flow.
- File the application and any amendment through the BP Batam licensing system integrated with INSW, and amend the approval before changing the tariff code, quantity, port or country of origin.
- Create a monthly realisation-reporting calendar beginning no later than 14 days after the approval is issued and reconcile the report to shipment, customs, surveyor, warehouse and production records.
- If goods were loaded before approval expiry but are delayed, submit any extension request at least seven working days before expiry with the required declaration and bill of lading. Do not assume an expired approval can be cured after arrival.