Fajarasia.com – The task of the Directorate General of Customs and Excise (DJBC) is not only to manage receipts from excise and customs, supervision and enforcement, but another important task for the economy, is how DGCE uses fiscal policy from the ministry of finance to facilitate industry and trade.
“The total customs incentive facilities in 2022 are IDR 104 trillion, consisting of facilities for importing medical devices and vaccines, as well as incentives for businesses in Bonded Zones and Ease of Import for Export Destinations (KITE) facilities,” said Director of Customs Facilities DJBC Untung Basuki in a release, Saturday (18/6/2022).
During the pandemic, incentives to import medical devices (alkes) and vaccines are a priority. Currently, as many as 80 Bonded Zone companies have taken advantage of incentives with an incentive value of IDR 41.25 billion, and the value of incentives in the form of Import Duties and Import Taxes (PDRI) of IDR 9.31 billion.
“So the fiscal policy is not only collecting import duties but also providing tax exemptions for imports, to make room for medical equipment needs, if the domestic supply is not enough,” said Untung.
Based on DGCE data, the utilization of import facilities for handling Covid-19 is IDR 1,026 trillion, consisting of vaccine import facilities of IDR 831 billion and medical equipment import facilities of IDR 195 billion. Of the total realized value, imports are dominated by vaccine commodities (81.2 percent), medical equipment (18.8 percent) consisting of drugs, PCR and oxygen including oxygen cylinders, as well as respiratory therapy devices.
The total importation of vaccines from January 1, 2022 to June 3, 2022 is 53.48 million doses,
Incentives for the import of medical equipment and vaccines will generally be valid until December 31, 2022, but can still be accommodated in certain cases with government facilities schemes for public purposes or social grant facilities.****
