DHE SDA Applied: 4 Nations Receive Special Treatment from Indonesia

JAKARTA, DDTCNews — Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto, has revealed that four of Indonesia's trading partner countries receive special treatment in the implementation of the provisions on natural resource export proceeds (devisa hasil ekspor sumber daya alam/DHE SDA).

The four countries in question are the United States, Australia, China and Canada. According to Airlangga, this special treatment is grounded in bilateral trade agreements concluded between Indonesia and those four countries.

"There are several countries with which we have entered into a number of bilateral [agreements], for instance with China, the US, Australia and Canada," said Airlangga, as quoted on Monday (27/7/2026).

As stipulated under Article 18A of Gov. Reg. 21/2026, there are 3 special provisions implemented within the provisions on DHE SDA to give effect to bilateral trade agreements or other agreements between Indonesia and its trading partner countries.

First, the minimum percentage of DHE SDA from the mining sector that must be retained on placement is a minimum of 30% for a period of three months.

Second, the DHE SDA from the mining sector may be placed in dedicated DHE SDA accounts at banks conducting business activities in foreign exchange. Third, the conversion to rupiah of DHE SDA from the mining sector may be carried out at banks conducting business activities in foreign exchange.

Without the 3 special provisions contained in Article 18A of Gov. Reg. 21/2026, DHE SDA from the non-oil-and-gas sector must be placed in Indonesia at 100% in state-owned banks.

"Formerly, they were required to deposit 100% for 12 months. Under the new regulation, if they are included among those countries, the mining sector may deposit 30% for 3 months and may use non-state-owned banks," said Secretary of the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs, Susiwijono.

The non-state-owned banks in question will be designated by Bank Indonesia (BI) through a separate BI regulation. "BI will issue a PBI to designate which banks qualify. They will certainly be banks affiliated with those countries," said Susiwijono. (rig)