Indonesia — agent-bev Library

Market status

Licensed. Indonesia permits beverage-alcohol trade through controlled import, distribution and retail/on-premise channels. Imports of consumer alcoholic beverages are restricted goods requiring import business licensing. Duty-paid consumption imports use private General Importer Identification Number (API-U) operators with Importer Registration (IT) and Import Approval (PI), while duty-not-paid imports for duty-free shops are limited to state-owned-enterprise API-U importers. Distribution rules route product through appointed distributors, sub-distributors and licensed retailers or on-premise sellers.

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Who can trade

Import: Duty-paid consumer alcoholic beverages can be imported by business operators holding API-U and the alcohol IT and PI required by the Ministry of Trade. Duty-paid imports must use the bonded-logistics-centre route before release to the customs area. Duty-not-paid product is only for distribution to duty-free shops and may be imported by state-owned-enterprise API-U operators with the corresponding IT and PI.

Wholesale and distribution: The distribution rules recognise producers, registered alcohol importers, distributors, sub-distributors, retailers and direct sellers for consumption on the premises. Producers or registered alcohol importers appoint distributors; distributors supply appointed sub-distributors; sub-distributors supply appointed retailers or on-premise sellers. If no sub-distributor is appointed, the distributor may supply appointed retailers or on-premise sellers. Importers, distributors and sub-distributors may not sell directly to consumers.

Business-to-business (B2B) online sale: General Electronic Commerce (Perdagangan Melalui Sistem Elektronik, PMSE) rules require PMSE business licensing and require marketplace operators to refuse domestic merchants that lack the required business licensing. The online channel does not replace alcohol IT, PI, distributor, sub-distributor or retail/on-premise permissions. Specific independent alcohol marketplace, broker, payment-intermediary and cross-border platform treatment: Not yet sourced.

State-owned-enterprise role: A state-owned-enterprise importer role exists for duty-not-paid imports to duty-free shops; it is not a general monopoly over all alcohol trade. Additional regional premises permissions under current risk-based licensing: Not yet sourced.

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Customs and duty

Tariff headings: Beer: 2203, beer made from malt. Wine: 2204, wine of fresh grapes, including fortified wine and certain grape must. Cider and other fermented beverages: 2206, including fermented apple or pear beverages and qualifying mixtures. Spirits: 2208, undenatured ethyl alcohol below 80% alcohol by volume and spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages.

Import duty: Indonesia uses the Indonesian Customs Tariff Book (Buku Tarif Kepabeanan Indonesia, BTKI), based on Harmonized System (HS) 2022 and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Harmonised Tariff Nomenclature (AHTN) 2022. The Ministry of Finance sets the classification and most-favoured-nation duty framework under Minister of Finance Regulation (Peraturan Menteri Keuangan, PMK) 26/PMK.010/2022 as amended, with the legal documentation and information network (Jaringan Dokumentasi dan Informasi Hukum, JDIH) record showing a fourth amendment in 2026. Customs identifies BTKI as the official reference for classification, most-favoured-nation (MFN) duties, preferences and import taxes, and points to the Indonesia National Single Window (INSW) tariff reference. Use the full tariff line, origin, import scheme and any preference; a four-digit heading is not enough. Exact payable import duty for a specified product, origin and preference: Not yet sourced.

Excise: Excise applies to ethyl alcohol, beverages containing ethyl alcohol and concentrates containing ethyl alcohol, including imports. For beverages, the structure is by alcohol band: Group A up to 5%; Group B above 5% to 20%; Group C above 20% to 55%. Tariffs are set per litre and distinguish domestic and imported goods for some groups; no monetary amounts are stated here.

Territorial treatment: Free Trade and Free Port Areas (Kawasan Perdagangan Bebas dan Pelabuhan Bebas, KPBPB) are treated as separated from the customs area and free from import duty, value added tax, luxury-goods sales tax and excise while in that area. Special Economic Zones (Kawasan Ekonomi Khusus, KEK) and bonded-storage places can have import-policy treatment deferred on entry, with controls applying when imported consumer goods are released to another place in the customs area. Duty-paid alcohol must move through a bonded logistics centre before release; duty-not-paid alcohol is for duty-free-shop distribution.

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Labelling

Required language(s): Mandatory label information is in Indonesian. Foreign or regional-language text can also appear if the Indonesian information appears first; foreign terms may be used where there is no Indonesian equivalent.

Mandatory information: Processed-food labels state at least product name, ingredients, net contents, producer or importer name and address, halal where required, production date/code, durability date, marketing authorisation number and origin of certain food materials. Alcoholic drinks must carry the warnings “MINUMAN BERALKOHOL”, “Mengandung Alkohol ± … % v/v” and “DI BAWAH UMUR 21 TAHUN ATAU WANITA HAMIL DILARANG MINUM”.

Alcohol strength: Alcohol content is shown as a percentage by volume using the prescribed “mengandung alkohol” format. Alcoholic beverages are grouped by alcohol content under the alcohol standards and excise framework.

Allergens: Allergen information is required where allergens are present or where shared production creates a relevant risk. The official guidance of the Indonesian Food and Drug Authority (Badan Pengawas Obat dan Makanan, BPOM) covers gluten-containing cereals, egg, fish, crustaceans, molluscs, peanut, soy, milk including lactose, tree nuts, cashew and sulphites at the stated threshold calculated as sulphur dioxide in ready-to-consume product.

Origin and importer lines: Imported processed food uses the “BPOM RI ML” marketing authorisation number format, in which RI stands for Republik Indonesia and ML for imported food (makanan luar) and labels show the producer or importer name and address. Mandatory country-of-origin statement for all alcoholic beverages, beyond importer/manufacturer and ingredient-origin lines: Not yet sourced.

Wine particulars and label registration: No wine-specific label regime separate from the general processed-food and alcoholic-beverage rules was sourced. Labels must match the label approved at registration/business licensing. Wine-specific label particulars beyond general processed-food and alcoholic-beverage rules: Not yet sourced.

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Age and sale limits

Legal purchase age: 21 for consumer sales. The Ministry of Trade rule states that sales may only be given to consumers aged 21 or more, with an identity card shown to the clerk.

Retail and on-premise channels: On-premise consumption is restricted to hotels, restaurants, bars and other places set by the local regent/mayor, or the Governor for Jakarta. Retail sales are restricted to duty-free shops and other locally determined places; class A retail treatment has been amended over time, so current local handling should be checked. Retailers must keep alcohol in a separate place and must not allow drinking at the retail location.

Wholesale/B2B channel limit: Importers, distributors and sub-distributors cannot sell directly to consumers; business trade must remain within the appointed and licensed chain. National wholesale/B2B sale-hour limits and complete provincial, regency/city and local restrictions: Not yet sourced.

Regional layers: Local governments participate in integrated supervision teams and can set additional place restrictions, including locations around youth facilities, terminals, places of worship, schools and hospitals.

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Protected names

Protection framework: Indonesia protects Geographical Indications (GIs) under the trademark and geographical-indication law. A GI is a sign showing the place of origin of goods whose reputation, quality or characteristics are linked to geographical environment, natural factors, human factors or their combination. Protection lasts while the reputation, quality and characteristics that justify protection remain.

Register and use: The Directorate General of Intellectual Property (DJKI) publishes official GI information and states that registered indications can be checked on its listing. The user of a GI is the party authorised by the registered GI right holder to process or market the GI goods.

Verified examples: Registered wine, spirit and beer geographical indications in the Indonesian register: Not yet sourced.

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GTIN authority

Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) member organisation: GS1 Indonesia. GS1’s official member-organisation list places GS1 Indonesia in South Jakarta and identifies its website, and GS1 describes GTINs as GS1 product identifiers issued through GS1 member organisations.

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Not yet sourced

Specific independent alcohol marketplace, broker, payment-intermediary and cross-border platform treatment; additional regional premises permissions under current risk-based licensing; exact payable import duty for a specified product, origin and preference; mandatory country-of-origin statement for all alcoholic beverages, beyond importer/manufacturer and ingredient-origin lines; wine-specific label particulars beyond general processed-food and alcoholic-beverage rules; national wholesale/B2B sale-hour limits and complete provincial, regency/city and local restrictions; verified registered wine, spirit and beer geographical indications in the Indonesian register: Not yet sourced.