Regulation Watch · Business Licensing · Indonesia. The regulation applies nationally to owners of eligible commodities, approved warehouse operators, conformity-assessment institutions, the Warehouse Receipt Registration Centre and businesses that use warehouse receipts for storage, sale, transfer or financing.
Warehouse Receipt Eligibility Expands to Three More Commodities
Permendag 14/2026 adds smoked fish, ikan kayu and cloves to Indonesia's Warehouse Receipt System and consolidates the storage, quality testing, insurance, registration and receipt requirements for all 30 eligible commodities.
- Published
- The Minister of Trade established Permendag 14/2026 on 11 May 2026. It was promulgated on 18 May 2026 in State Bulletin 2026 No. 314. Regulation Watch first recorded it on 12 November 2026 as a late-discovered material replacement instrument.
- Effective
- 18 May 2026, the date of promulgation. The regulation revoked Permendag 33/2020 as last amended by Permendag 1/2025 and provides no transition period.
- Added to Watch
- 12 November 2026
Who is affected
PT PMA and PT PMDN commodity producers, processors, traders and exporters; foreign and Indonesian shareholders and directors; owners of rice, coffee, cocoa, rubber, seaweed, fish, spices and the other listed goods; approved warehouse operators; conformity-assessment institutions; lenders and investors accepting warehouse receipts; and compliance, logistics, quality, insurance and finance teams.
Practical impact
The replacement rule keeps the previous 27 eligible commodities and adds smoked fish, ikan kayu and cloves, bringing the list to 30. An eligible good must generally be storable for at least three months, meet the relevant quality standard and satisfy the economically viable minimum quantity. The quality benchmark may use an Indonesian national standard, technical requirements or the destination country's standard. A warehouse receipt can be issued only through an approved warehouse operator after delivery of the goods, quality testing by an approved conformity-assessment institution, insurance of the goods, verification and registration by the Registration Centre and issuance by the warehouse operator. Future commodity additions or removals require a ministerial decision supported by recommendations and a study.
Permendag 14/2026 was established on 11 May and promulgated on 18 May 2026 in State Bulletin No. 314. It took effect on promulgation and replaced Permendag 33/2020 as last amended by Permendag 1/2025. The replacement instrument contains no general transition period.
The eligible commodity list now contains 30 goods. It retains paddy, rice, corn, coffee, cocoa, pepper, rubber, seaweed, rattan, salt, gambier, tea, copra, tin, shallots, fish, nutmeg, frozen chicken carcasses, white crystal sugar, soybeans, tobacco, cinnamon, agar, carrageenan, mocaf, areca nut and tapioca. Smoked fish, ikan kayu and cloves are the three additions compared with the prior list.
Eligibility is not based on the commodity name alone. The goods must generally be capable of storage for at least three months, meet a defined quality standard and satisfy the economically viable minimum quantity. Storage life may depend on the characteristics, packaging and storage technology. The quality file may use an Indonesian national standard, technical requirements or the destination country's standard.
The regulation also consolidates the receipt issuance sequence. The owner delivers the goods to an approved warehouse operator, an approved conformity-assessment institution tests quality, the warehouse operator insures the goods, the Registration Centre verifies and registers the data and issues a security code, and the warehouse operator then issues the receipt.
A warehouse receipt is a document of ownership that can be transferred or encumbered within the Warehouse Receipt System. Investors, lenders and buyers should therefore verify the approved parties, registered data, insurance and security interests rather than relying only on a paper or electronic copy supplied by the commodity owner.
The minister may later change the commodity list by decision after considering recommendations from a regional government, ministry, other government institution or commodity association supported by a study. Businesses should monitor those decisions and the technical requirements set by the supervisory authority before onboarding a new commodity or changing a financing structure.
Required action
- Confirm that the commodity appears on the current 30-item list before structuring storage, sale or financing around a Warehouse Receipt System document.
- For smoked fish, ikan kayu and cloves, assess whether existing inventory can meet the three-month storage, quality-standard and minimum-quantity requirements and whether an approved warehouse is available for the commodity.
- Use only a warehouse operator approved by the Warehouse Receipt System supervisory authority and verify the approval before delivering goods.
- Arrange quality testing through an approved conformity-assessment institution and preserve the test result, applicable standard, lot identity and sampling evidence.
- Confirm the goods are insured before receipt issuance and reconcile the insured goods, quantity, quality, warehouse location and owner details with the registration and receipt data.
- For export-oriented goods, determine whether the quality file must demonstrate the destination country's standard in addition to domestic or technical requirements.
- Before accepting a warehouse receipt as collateral or investment evidence, verify its registration, security code, ownership, goods data, insurance and any recorded security interest through the Registration Centre.