The Indonesia–UAE CEPA
The CEPA between Indonesia and the United Arab Emirates entered into force on 1 September 2023. Preferential duty under the agreement is claimed by the importer with a certificate of origin issued for the CEPA, provided the goods meet the agreement’s rules of origin. We confirm the certificate of origin form in each quotation, and your customs broker can confirm the rate that applies to the UAE tariff line for salt.
Halal and the UAE market
Our salt is Halal certified; the issuing body and certificate number are [awaiting data] and will be published with the certificate. For food ingredients, UAE importers and retailers generally ask suppliers for a Halal certificate. Whether our certificate is accepted for your sales channel should be checked by the importer with the relevant authority or a Halal consultant before the first order.
Re-export to other GCC markets
Many UAE trading companies supply other Gulf markets such as Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and Oman. If the salt will be re-exported, tell us the end market: label language, pack format and the documents each GCC country requests may differ from those of the UAE.
Certificates issued per batch, such as the COA and Halal certificate, travel with the goods and can be passed on to the next buyer. Registration and import permits in each GCC country are handled by the importer in that country.
Food import registration
The UAE importer is responsible for checking local food import registration and labelling requirements for salt before the first shipment, and for telling us which product information that registration needs. We prepare the specification, COA and label text from our side. The general import sequence is described in how to import salt from Indonesia.
What we prepare for the UAE
- Documents
- COA per batch, Halal certificate, certificate of origin for the CEPA where the goods qualify, packing list, commercial invoice, bill of lading
- Packaging
- 25 kg or 50 kg PP sacks, 1-tonne jumbo bags; confirmed per order
- Label language
- Label text and language supplied or approved by the importer to match the UAE registration; private label on request
- Incoterms
- FOB, CFR or CIF, confirmed per order
- MOQ
- [awaiting data]
- Production lead time
- [awaiting data]
- Port of loading
- [awaiting data]
Relevant products
- Iodized Fine Salt Mesh 20: table salt and food manufacturing
- Fine Salt Mesh 18 and Mesh 20: non-iodized for food factories
- Iodized Powder Salt K100: seasoning and snacks
- Coarse Salt K1: coarse salt for fish processing and water softener regeneration