Regulation Watch · Business Licensing · Indonesia, for imports of plant-origin feed materials, including imports by eligible PT PMA and PT PMDN livestock, feed-manufacturing, food-processing, agricultural, trading and distribution businesses.
Plant-Origin Feed Imports Gain Interim Approval Route
Permentan 17/2026 allows plant-origin feed materials not yet covered by Indonesia's commodity balance to proceed using a recommendation or technical consideration as the prerequisite for Import Approval.
- Published
- Established by the Minister of Agriculture on 28 September 2026 and promulgated on 30 September 2026 in State Bulletin of the Republic of Indonesia 2026 No. 681.
- Effective
- 30 September 2026, the date of promulgation.
- Added to Watch
- 5 October 2026
Who is affected
Indonesian importers and users of plant-origin feed materials, including PT PMA and PT PMDN feed manufacturers, livestock businesses, agricultural and food processors, traders and distributors; their directors and shareholders; and procurement, licensing, customs, quarantine, quality, logistics and finance teams responsible for importing covered materials.
Practical impact
Permentan 17/2026 removes Article 69(3) of Permentan 11/2026 and replaces the transitional treatment for plant-origin feed materials that have not yet been established in the commodity balance. Those imports may now be realized on the basis of a recommendation or technical consideration used as a requirement for obtaining Import Approval under the applicable import rules. The amendment does not itself authorize a shipment or remove the underlying technical, quality, safety, documentary, quarantine, customs and reporting requirements in Permentan 11/2026.
The Minister of Agriculture established Permentan 17/2026 on 28 September, and it was promulgated and became effective on 30 September 2026 in State Bulletin 2026 No. 681. The three-page amendment changes the transitional rule in Permentan 11/2026 governing the import and export of plant-origin feed materials.
The amendment deletes Article 69(3) and provides a route for importing plant-origin feed materials that have not yet been established in the commodity balance. Such imports may be realized using a recommendation or technical consideration as the document required to obtain Import Approval under the applicable import regulations. The recommendation or technical consideration is therefore an input to the approval process, not a substitute for the Import Approval or customs and quarantine release.
The change is relevant to PT PMA and PT PMDN feed manufacturers, livestock operators, agricultural and food processors, traders and distributors whose planned material is absent from the commodity balance. It can remove an administrative dead end, but it does not relax the continuing requirements under Permentan 11/2026 concerning technical criteria, origin, quality and safety evidence, packaging and labelling, company and trade documents, electronic processing, verification, reporting, quarantine and supervision.
Importers should first document whether the intended commodity appears in the current balance. If it does not, they should confirm which recommendation or technical consideration applies, obtain it before the Import Approval application, and align the commodity description, HS code, origin, producer, quantity and timing across every document. Open applications that were waiting for commodity-balance treatment should be reviewed promptly rather than automatically restarted or shipped.
Because the amendment was effective immediately and provides no separate transition period, procurement and compliance teams should update their workflow now. They should also monitor the Agriculture Ministry, Trade Ministry, OSS and commodity-balance systems for implementation guidance or later inclusion of the commodity in the balance, which may alter the supporting-document route for future imports.
Required action
- Confirm whether each intended plant-origin feed material is already established in the current commodity balance and retain evidence of that status in the import file.
- Where the commodity is not yet covered, identify and obtain the applicable recommendation or technical consideration before applying for Import Approval; do not treat the recommendation or technical consideration as the Import Approval itself.
- Recheck the product description, HS code, origin, producer, volume, intended use and import schedule across the recommendation or technical consideration, Import Approval, commercial documents and customs declaration.
- Continue satisfying the technical, quality, safety, packaging, labelling, company, trade, quarantine, verification and reporting requirements that remain applicable under Permentan 11/2026 and related import rules.
- Review open applications and planned shipments that were waiting for commodity-balance treatment, and update the licensing sequence, procurement timetable and supplier commitments before goods are loaded.
- Monitor the Agriculture Ministry, Trade Ministry, OSS and commodity-balance systems for implementing instructions or later inclusion of the commodity in the balance, because that may change the evidence required for a future application.