The Advent of A New Trade Governance After The Omnibus Law: Neraca Komoditas

Policy Barriers to a Healthier Diet: The Case of Trade and Agriculture

“…The commodity balance 11 is a centralized, integrated database of supply and demand for certain commodities based on which the decision over import and export quotas will be taken by the government. In theory, based on supply and demand data provided by firms and technical ministries, the commodity balance can determine surpluses and deficits of a commodity in the market and use this information to determine how quotas and licenses will be allocated (Gupta et al, 2022). The new National Food Agency (NFA), established in 2021, is responsible for maintaining supply and demand data, as well as determining quantities supplied and demanded for nine food commodities: rice, maize, soybeans, table sugar, shallots, beef, poultry, poultry eggs, and chilies.…”

“…By referencing the supply (production) and demand (consumption) data, the commodity balance is supposed to eliminate the need for technical ministries to issue import and export recommendation letters, making quota allocation more objective and expediting the licensing process. However, CIPS studies found substantial issues may plague the new system, such as data reliability and accuracy, the fact that inter-ministerial meetings are still needed to reconcile supply and demand data, and a lack of price information to guide quota allocation (Gupta, 2022;Gupta et al, 2022). The commodity balance preserves much of the old system where trade licensing is guided by food availability concerns and few mechanisms exist to account for price fluctuations.…”

“…Progressive developments of Indonesia's food assistance are commendable, though it is unfortunate that the government spent decades and hundreds of trillion of rupiah 13 encouraging mostly rice consumption. Decades of such policies may have been responsible for the conversion of local communities, especially in the outer islands, into rice consumers.…”

Pentingnya Perdagangan bagi UMK di Sektor F&B Indonesia

“…Perusahaan pengimpor dapat secara langsung memasukkan rencana kebutuhan impor tahunannya melalui Sistem Nasional Neraca Komoditas (SNANK), yaitu sebuah subsistem dari sistem Indonesia National Single Window (INSW). Dengan demikian, sistem ini dapat meningkatkan transparansi sekaligus memangkas satu tahapan dalam proses aplikasi izin impor, yaitu surat rekomendasi untuk importir dari kementerian teknis (Gupta, Pane, & Pasaribu, 2022).…”

Changes to Trade Policy in Presidential Regulation 32/2022 on Neraca Komoditas

“…Additionally, there is a clause for conducting evaluation at least every three months to check whether the Neraca Komoditas needs to be revised, which is in line with one of CIPS recommendations (Gupta, Pane, & Pasaribu, 2022). The existence of evaluation is a positive strategy, but it is not clear what methods will be used or what aspect of the implementation will be evaluated.…”