Perdagangan Besar Beras
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🛒 Section G — Wholesale & Retail Trade
Wholesale rice distribution — bulk buying and selling of beras (rice) to retailers, hotels, restaurants, hospitals, and institutional buyers. Rice is a 'barang kebutuhan pokok' (essential staple commodity) in Indonesia — one of nine commodities under direct government price and distribution oversight. If you source rice from millers, cooperatives, or Bulog and distribute it in volume to B2B buyers, this is the code. Covers both regular rice varieties and premium grades (aromatic, organic, imported specialty).
What You Need
PP28/2025 Licensing Data1 scale
Post-License Obligations2
All scales: Low risk (Rendah). NIB issued automatically (Otomatis). Authority: OSS Pusat.
The NIB is auto-issued, but distributing rice — as a government-controlled essential commodity — triggers additional compliance obligations:
Step-by-step for a PT PMA wholesale rice distributor
Typical total timeline
2–4 weeks from PT PMA to NIB. Import license (if applicable): additional 4–8 weeks.
Minimum PT PMA capital
IDR 10 billion stated capital (Rp 2.5B paid-up).
Authority
OSS Pusat.
Fully open (Terbuka) — 100% foreign ownership.
Direct match from KBLI 2020 (MATCH_LANGSUNG). Wholesale rice is a stable category. The major regulatory development since 2020 is the government's intensified HET enforcement following the 2022 cooking oil crisis, which prompted tighter controls across all 'kebutuhan pokok' commodities including rice.
Bali Intelligence
🌾 Rice Wholesale in Bali (Essential Commodity, Managed Market)
Market scale:
- Bali's 4,000+ hotels, 8,000+ restaurants, 15+ hospitals, and hundreds of school and institutional kitchens represent a massive, captive demand base for rice
- Daily F&B operations at a single 5-star resort can consume 50–200 kg/day of rice
- The Bali hotel segment is the most reliable buyer: predictable volumes, prompt payment, quality-conscious
The PMA opportunity — premium segment:
- Standard Bulog-grade rice (IR64, medium grade) is dominated by established Javanese distributors. Competing here on price is very difficult for a PMA
- The genuine opportunity is premium and specialty rice not covered by Bulog's import mandate:
- Japanese Koshihikari / Akitakomachi — demanded by Japanese restaurants and hotel Japanese dining outlets across Bali. Sources: direct import or via Tokyo Food/import houses in Jakarta
- Thai Jasmine (Hom Mali) — preferred by Thai restaurant kitchens and Bali's large Thai chef community
- Organic beras merah/hitam (red/black rice) — growing demand from health-conscious cafes and vegan restaurants in Canggu/Seminyak
- Bali heritage rice varieties — Bali has 50+ traditional rice varieties; some are cultivated by sustainable agriculture communities and demanded by eco-resorts
⚠ HET compliance is real enforcement:
- Ministry of Trade (Kemendag) conducts periodic market operations (operasi pasar) when rice prices spike
- Distributors found selling above permitted margins face immediate sanctions — license review, administrative fines, and product confiscation
- During major national events (Ramadan, Lebaran, Christmas–New Year) enforcement intensifies significantly
- Keep all purchase invoices and sales records; inspectors do check distribution chain documentation
⚠ Import IT-Beras is genuinely restrictive:
- Standard rice import is a state monopoly via Bulog
- Private importers for premium categories must apply to Kemendag and demonstrate the rice variety is not covered by Bulog's mandate. The process takes 4–8 weeks and requires commercial justification
KBLI 2025 Retail & E-Commerce: Online Selling, Boutiques & Specialty Shops
kita.balizero.comTKA Eligible Positions
Kepmenaker 228/2019 — Category 7: Perdagangan Besar
Kepmen 228/2019 lists 198 TKA-eligible positions in this category. Selection optimized using ISCO classification methodology.
KEDUA Provision — Directors & Commissioners Exemption
- 46312 — Wholesale fruits — natural complement for full F&B fresh produce distribution
- 46319 — Wholesale other food/beverage — if you also supply spices, condiments, or other dry goods
- 52292 — Dry warehousing — if you operate your own rice storage facility
- 46590 — Wholesale of other non-food products — if your distribution expands to packaging materials
- 10611 — Rice milling — if you vertically integrate from milling to wholesale distribution
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