Regulation of the Government of the Republic of Indonesia no. 9 of 2018 on procedures for the control of import of fishery commodities and salt commodities as industrial raw materials and auxiliary materials.

This Governmental Regulation, implementing provisions of articles 5, 33, and 97 of Law no. 3 of 2014 on Industrial Affairs, and provisions of article 37 of Law no. 7 of 2016 on the Protection and Empowerment of Fishermen, Fish Farmers and Salt Cultivators, defines procedures for the control of import of fishery commodities and salt commodities as industrial raw materials and auxiliary materials. According to the Regulation, the central Government controls the import of fishery commodities and salt commodities, for the purposes of ensuring the protection and empowerment of fishermen, fish, cultivators and salt cultivators, as well as ensuring the availability and allocation of natural resources for the domestic industry, and therefore it specifies places of entry, types and volumes, times of entry as well as compliance with administrative requirements and quality standards. Matters covered by this Regulation include: implementation of control mechanisms, in accordance with provisions on sanitary and phytosanitary measures; quality standards of salt commodities; issuance of import permits.