How to do business in Indonesia and import compliantly? Shopkeeper Wang shares three points with you: First, do market research. In the second half of the Indonesian market, the model of purely exploiting information gaps and reselling goods is no longer viable. It is essential to base your efforts on your accumulated industry experience, product experience, or manufacturing experience, and conduct in-depth research on the Indonesian market to achieve refined product selection. Don't ask what is profitable in the Indonesian market and blindly follow trends. Instead, based on what industry or product you are good at, determine your market positioning and business model. Basically, in the Indonesian market, To B products are easier to handle than To C products, and the opportunity for branding is greater than for white-label products. Second, establish a trading company or factory. The threshold for establishing a trading company or factory in Indonesia is not high. No local shareholders, local directors or commissioners are required, nor is mandatory paid-up capital. Basically, you can be 100% wholly-owned with two passports and two weeks to successfully register a trading company. Registered trading companies or factories are automatically equipped with import permits. However, trading companies have finished product import permits, while factories have raw material or semi-finished product import permits. Before the product is launched, be sure to obtain the relevant BPOM certification or Indonesian National Standard (SNI) certification. Third, register and enroll in the Indonesian National Customs Import and Export System (INSW). As early as 2006, Indonesia's import and export trade established the INSW system to achieve online and digitalization. One of the main functions of INSW is to check the compliance of Goods Import Notification (PIB) data, integrating and processing import and export data online in real time to simplify and accelerate Indonesia's import and export processes. In addition, Indonesian customs also uses MITA and AEO exemption programs to provide a whitelist for compliant importers to expedite the import process.

From the above three points, it can be seen that compliant import in Indonesia, although initially high in terms of product compliance certification and time-consuming to adapt to the Indonesian customs INSW import system, once the process runs smoothly, the cost of compliant import is far lower than non-compliant methods. What do you think?