Date of issue: 17 October 2024
Date of effect: 17 October 2024
Reference Number: MAA 2024-14
Attention
- Industries—Industry bodies – Australian Food and Grocery Council, Australian Honey Bee Industry Council
- Export establishments
- Exporters
- Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry — Central and regional offices
Purpose
This Market Access Advice provides an update on the implementation of Indonesia’s Law 33/2014 regarding Halal Product Assurance (the Halal Law).
Key points
The department understands that as of 17 October 2024 Indonesia’s Law 33/2014 regarding Halal Product Assurance (the Halal Law) has entered into force for all food and beverage products exported to Indonesia. The Halal Law imposes new halal certification requirements for all goods exported to Indonesia. Refer to MAA 2024-11, MAA 2024-10 and MAA 2024-07 for additional information on the requirements.
The list of approved foreign halal certifying bodies (HCBs) eligible to certify products for export to Indonesia under the Halal Law can be found on Indonesia’s Halal Product Assurance Organising Body’s (BPJPH) website. Currently, nine Australian HCBs are officially accredited as foreign HCBs by BPJPH. An additional three Australian HCBs have undergone audit and are awaiting results of final assessments by BPJPH prior to accreditation.
The Australian Government continues to engage with Indonesian authorities as a matter of urgency to better understand the impacts of the Halal Law on Australian industry. This includes seeking further confirmation on how Australian industry can practically comply with new requirements. The department will provide relevant updates once more information becomes available.
The department encourages all exporters to work with their importer to ensure that product meets the current importing country requirements from 17 October 2024. The department encourages exporters to contact the department via exportstandards@aff.gov.au should they be advised of issues with consignments prior to or on arrival in Indonesia relating to these requirements.
The Manual of Importing Country Requirements (Micor) will be updated to reflect this market access advice. The department encourages users of Micor to subscribe to the Micor update service for a commodity-specific email that lists changes that have been made in the preceding week.
This advice has been prepared in consultation with industry.
Further information
Please refer any questions on implementation of these new requirements to the department via exportstandards@aff.gov.au.
The information provided in this advice is current at the time of writing and is intended for use as guidance only and should not be taken as definitive or exhaustive. The Commonwealth endeavours to keep information current and accurate, however, it may be subject to change without notice. Exporters are encouraged to verify these details with their importers prior to undertaking production/exports. The Commonwealth will not accept liability for any loss resulting from reliance on information contained in this notice.