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26th January 2023
Indonesia: Vice president Ma'ruf Amin said today that the effects of e-cigarettes would be reviewed and, if proven to be harmful to public health, they would be banned by the government, press reports. These statements are likely to affect heated tobacco products, as they are considered a type of electronic cigarette in Indonesia.26th January 2023
- Indonesia: The minister of health, Budi Gunadi Sadikin, said yesterday that regulations for e-cigarettes are still being discussed across ministries, press reports. The minister highlighted that these products cannot be considered a substitute for traditional tobacco products, and that they are considered to target children due to their attractive flavours. These statements are likely to affect heated tobacco products, as they are considered a type of electronic cigarette in Indonesia.
23rd January 2023
Indonesia: The Directorate General of Customs and Excise has revealed how much revenue was collected from e-cigarette and heated tobacco excise duty in 2022, press reports. A total of IDR1.02tn ($68m) included IDR627.11bn ($42m) from open-system e-cigarettes, IDR119.47bn ($8m) from closed-system e-cigarettes, and IDR271.93bn ($18m) from heated tobacco products. The total revenue collected from tobacco and related products was IDR218.62tn ($14.57bn), of which e-cigs and heated tobacco accounted for just 0.4%.
10th January 2023
Indonesia: A new excise duty on heated tobacco products now applies, as of 1st January, at IDR2,886 ($0.19) per g of tobacco.
9th January 2023
- Indonesia: On 23rd December 2022, president Joko Widodo issued the list of planned governmental regulations for 2023. Among the proposed regulations, the president has included the revision of Government Regulation (PP) No. 109 of 2012 to include heated tobacco provisions, increase the size of health warnings for tobacco products and broaden advertising restrictions. This revision, now formally envisaged in the government's legislative plans, comes as a result of many years of inter-ministerial discussions and institutional recommendations.
19th December 2022
- Indonesia: The Ministry of Finance has recently issued Regulation 192/PMK.010/2022, amending Regulation 193/PMK.010/2021 to set the new applicable excise duties for tobacco products for 2023 and 2024. Starting 1st January 2023, heated tobacco products, classified as "solid e-cigarettes'' ("rokok elektrik padat"), will be taxed at IDR2,886 ($0.19) per g of tobacco and, from 1st January 2024, the tax will increase to IDR3,074 ($0.20) per g. Chewing tobacco products will be taxed at IDR127 ($0.0082) per g of tobacco from 1st January 2023, and at IDR135 ($0.0087) from 1st January 2024. The new levies represent increases of 6.5% and 6% over the prior year's for heated tobacco and chewing tobacco products, respectively.
4th November 2022
- Indonesia: The government has decided to increase the excise duties for tobacco products for the next year, press reports. The increase for heated tobacco products will reportedly be 6% this year, while the increase for chewing tobacco products remains unclear. No formal decision has been reached yet, nor has any bill been proposed. Heated tobacco products are currently taxed at IDR2,710 ($0.18) per g, and chewing tobacco products are subject to a tax of IDR120 ($0.0078) per g.
28th July 2022
Indonesia: Government officials and stakeholders met yesterday to discuss revising the tobacco framework, Government Regulation 109 of 2012, press reports. Deputy health minister of Health Dante Saksono said several ministries were working on it, although a formal initiative sent by the Ministry of Health to the president was rejected in January. The revision seeks to tighten tobacco advertising and to increase the size of pictorial health warnings on packaging.
3rd June 2022
- Indonesia: The director of prevention and control of non-communicable diseases within the Ministry of Health called yesterday for cross-party involvement in the ratification of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC), press reports. She further stated that the Ministry of Health "will continue to make various approaches [to reduce the prevalence of young smokers] through advertising restrictions, limiting sales to minors and encouraging an increase in excise taxes".
