regulation of the minister of agriculture no.58 permentan pk.210 11 2015 concerning importation of carcasses meat and or its processed products into the territory of the republic of indonesia this regulation amends the regulation of the minister of agriculture no. 139 permentan pd.410 12 2014 and regulation of the minister of agriculture no. 02 permentan pd.410 1 2015 concerning importation of carcasses meat and or its processed products into the territory of the republic of indonesia. the scope of this regulation includes a. import requirements b. import procedures and c. control. some revisions to the substances are set out in the new regulation no. 58 2015 as indicated below 1. carcasses and bovine meat that can be imported into the territory of indonesia a. bovine meat beef as listed in annex i consisting of prime cut manufacturing meat and variety fancy meat b. carcass small ruminant meat pork and its products as listed in annex ii c. bovine meat beef as listed in annex iii consisting of carcass and secondary cut 2. importation of bovine meat as listed in annex iii only for national or local state-owned enterprises 3. importation of beef requires consideration of the local beef absorption rate. the amount of absorption of local beef is as follows a. for general importers - 3 of the total amount of the next consignment of imports b. for importers producers - 1.5 of the total amount of the next consignment of imports 4. the shelf-life of carcasses and meat on arrival into the territory of indonesia should be as follows a. for frozen products - no longer than six months b. for fresh chilled products - no longer than three months from the slaughtering or processing time until arrival into the territory of indonesia 5. import procedures and the submission of recommendations a. applications for recommendations are submitted three times a year - between 1 to 31 december - between 1 to 30 april and - between 1 to 31 august of the current year b. the approval rejection of applications for recommendations takes a maximum of four working days after submission of the completed application along with the stipulated administrative requirements. applications are submitted online to the director general of livestock and animal health services through ppvtpp c. the recommendation is signed by the director general of livestock and animal health services d. the recommendation is issued three times a year i.e. december of the previous year april and august e. validity period of technical recommendation corresponds to three periods in a year namely - the first validity period from 1 january - 30 april - the second validity period from 1 may - 31 august - the third validity period from 1 september - 31 december f. recommendations are submitted to the insw portal with a copy to the applicant. with the enactment of new regulations no. 58 2015 the regulation of the minister of agriculture no. 139 2014 jo. no. 02 2015 is revoked