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PRESS RELEASE
NO. PERS-16/BC.05/2019
SYNERGY OF CUSTOMS, MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTRY, AND RELEVANT
MINISTERIAL/AGENCY ON ASSERTIVE ACTION OF REEXPORTING IMPORTED WASTE/
HAZARDOUS WASTE TO THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN

Jakarta (18/09/2019) – As a follow up action to address contaminated plastic scrap import with
trash and hazardous waste, the Customs and Excise of Indonesia in cooperation with the Ministry
of Environment and Forestry (MOEF) have conducted investigation and prosecution at Tanjung
Perak Port, Batam, Tanjung Priok Port, and Tangerang containers receiving area. In addition to
ensure the importation protocol implemented accordingly, actions have been taken as a response
from the government to preserve the environment in Indonesia’s soil.
Director General of Customs and Excise, Heru Pambudi, revealed that the synergy with MOEF
have prosecuted 3 (three) receiving facilities of industrial area around Tangerang, Banten, namely:
PT. HI, PT. NHI, and PT. ART. “The three companies were found to import plastic waste that were
contaminated with trash and hazardous waste. Moreover, one of the three was importing without
the required document,” said Heru.
PT. HI was the first to found importing 102 containers of scraps and mixed plastic. Customs and
Excise for Tangerang area coordinated with MOEF to conduct direct investigation on August 14th,
15th, and 29th, 2019, resulting on 23 containers of contaminated waste/hazardous waste
recommended to be returned to the country of origin: Australia (13 containers), United States of
America (7 containers), Spain (2 containers), and Belgium (1 container), while the other 79 was
declared clean and allowed to proceed through as recycling materials. Today, 9 containers will be
reexported to Australia.
Secondly, PT NHI was found to import 138 containers of nurdles and pellets of PET, and also
staple fibre. After three direct investigation on July 9th, July 29th, and August 2nd 2019, 109
containers of plastic waste were declared contaminated with trash and hazardous waste.
Therefore, those contaminated imported waste will be reexported to their country of origin which
are Australia (80 containers), United States of America (4 containers), New Zealand (3 containers),
and The Great Britain (22 containers). The remaining 29 containers were declared uncontaminated
and allowed to be processed in their recycling facilities. PT NHI reexported 2 containers to New
Zealand on September 1st, 2019.
PT. ART was also found to import 24 containers of plastic pellets without the required import
permits, therefore PT ART facilities was shut down directly by the Customs and Excise. With
MOEF, Customs and Excise declared 10 containers were contaminated with hazardous waste,
which originated from Hong Kong (3 containers) and Australia (7 containers). The remaining 14
containers from Japan (2 containers), Canada (4 containers), Spain (5 containers) and also from
Hong Kong (3 containers) were declared uncontaminated. “On August 22nd, 2019, we have
investigated 24 containers with MOEF. The result was 10 containers declared contaminated with
hazardous waste, while the remaining 14 was clean. However, due to the company lacking of
import permit, all the containers will be reexported,” explained Heru.

 These findings from Customs and MOEF added the long-list of importation of waste contaminated
with hazardous waste. As of September 17th 2019, Customs and Excise have prevented more
than 2,041 containers at Tanjung Perak Port, Batam, Tanjung Priok Port, and Tangerang. Customs
and Excise also have intercepted 257 containers at Tanjung Perak Port, consisting of 195 exported
containers and another 62 containers are undergoing the re-exportation process by PT AS, PT
MSE, PT SM, PT MDI, PT SM, and PT PKI.
In Batam, Customs have prevented 467 containers: 132 containers were reexported by PT AWP,
PT TIS, PT HTUI, 2 containers are under investigation, and the remaining 333 containers were
declared uncontaminated.
At Tanjung Priok Port, Customs and Excise prevented 2 containers that have been reexported by
PT PDPM, 14 containers were declared clean, while the remaining 1,008 containers are currently
under the process of excise declaration.
Customs and Excise also have investigated 293 containers in Tangerang, resulting in 108
containers declared clean, 2 containers reexported by PT NHI, 154 containers under re-exportation
process, while the remaining 29 containers are under investigation.
Heru added that from the total of 331 containers reexported and 216 containers under the process
of reexport, the country of origin varies from Australia, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece,
Netherland, Slovenia, United States of America, New Zealand, Hong Kong, and United Kingdom.
As a part of global society, Indonesia ratified Basel Convention on waste import handling, which
then regulated under the Ministry of Trade Decree No. 31/2016. In the regulation, waste importer is
obliged to fulfil requirements, such as: imported waste is not household waste and not originating
from landfill, not contaminated with hazardous materials and waste, as well as not contaminated
with other types of waste.
In addition, importer have to acquire recommendation documents from both Directorate General of
Waste and Hazardous Waste, MOEF and Directorate General of Chemical and Other Industries,
Ministry of Industry. Import permit should be able to be issued by Ministry of Trade after such
requirement. Also, imported waste shall be verified by third-party surveyor in the country of origin.
For contaminated imported waste, the regulatory framework obliged the importer, with their own
expenses, to reexport in 90 days from the written date on Inward Manifest to the country of origin.
Prosecution of contaminated imported waste shows commitment from Indonesian Government to
preserve the environment for assets of future generation and protecting the citizen from potential
toxic and hazardous risks. Mismanaged waste importation will always be enforced in synergy, and
coordination with relevant institution are required to control and monitor effectively and efficiently.
Plh. Direktur,
Signed by Martediansyah
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