TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Chief Operating Officer of Indonesia's Danantara, Dony Oskaria, said PT Danantara Sumberdaya Indonesia (DSI) will not take profit margins when acting as the sole exporter of several strategic commodities.
Instead, the state-owned company will charge service fees for managing export-related processes.
“We never intended to become a middleman,” Dony told reporters at the parliamentary complex on Monday, June 8, 2026. “We are not buying a commodity at a price of five, adding another five, and selling it at ten. That would make it uncompetitive. International benchmark prices already exist.”
According to Dony, the government’s single-window export system will be fully managed by PT DSI starting in January 2027. Until December 31, 2026, commodity exports will continue to follow existing contracts between companies and overseas buyers.
During the transition period, PT DSI will begin carrying out its role and applying service fees. The arrangement will remain in place for the next six months before the single-window export mechanism is fully implemented next year.
Dony said the fees are intended to cover services provided by PT DSI, including ensuring compliance with export regulations and verifying the quality, quantity, and documentation of commodities shipped abroad.
“That is the service we provide, and it also gives businesses legal certainty,” he said. “Exporters can be assured that the products they ship meet the required standards in terms of both pricing and volume.”
He also stressed that PT DSI would not replicate the practices of the former Clove Marketing and Buffer Agency (BPPC) during the New Order era, which purchased cloves from farmers at low prices and profited from the price difference when reselling them.
The government recently overhauled the export governance of strategic natural resource commodities through a regulation that took effect on June 1, 2026. Under the new policy, export rights for selected commodities are reserved for state-owned enterprises.
To implement the policy, the government appointed PT Danantara Sumberdaya Indonesia as the sole state-owned exporter. Officials estimate the new system could generate up to US$150 billion (around Rp2,654 trillion) in revenue.
The single-window policy currently applies to three strategic non-oil-and-gas commodity groups, which account for nearly 60 percent of Indonesia’s total exports. The upstream oil and gas sector is excluded from the regulation.
The commodities covered include crude palm oil and its derivatives, coal, and iron alloys, including ferronickel.
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