Increase of minimum local content requirement for smartphones

From 1 January 2017, the minimum local content requirement - both in hardware as well as software - for domestically-produced 4G smartphones that are sold in the Indonesian market has been increased to 30 per cent. Previously, the minimum requirement stood at 20 per cent.

• Type:

  • Treatment and operation (Operational conditions)

• Industry:

  • Manufacturing (Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products, and electrical equipment)

• Sources:

  • JDIH KOMINFO, Peraturan Menteri Komunikasi dan Informatika Nomor 27 Tahun 2015 Tanggal 8 Juli 2015 (in Indonesian), https://jdih.kominfo.go.id/produk_hukum/view/id/356/t/peraturan+menteri+komunikasi+dan+informatika+nomor+27+tahun+2015+tanggal+8+juli+2015, 10 Nov 2015
  • Indonesia-Investments, Rising Investment in Local Content for Indonesia's 4G LTE Smartphones, http://www.indonesia-investments.com/business/business-columns/rising-investment-in-local-content-indonesia-s-4g-lte-smartphones/item7316, 29 Oct 2016