Every telecommunication device and equipment which is made, assembled, delivered, traded or used in Indonesia must have a certificate from the Directorate General of Resources & Equipment of Post & Information Technology (Direktorat Jenderal Sumber Daya & Perangkat Pos & Informatika [Ditjen SDPPI]) in accordance with the prevailing laws and regulations.

For certain products (before being exported abroad or imported to Indonesia), they require the recommendation from related ministries in accordance with the prevailing laws and regulations before obtaining import approval from the Ministry of Trade of the Republic of Indonesia. There are some recommendations from those ministries, such as recommendation for cellular phone importer, recommendation  for iron & steel, product registration (tanda pendaftaran produk [TPP]) for import, product registration (TPP) for production, recommendation for local content (TKDN), recommendation for forestry ministry, recommendation for telecommunication devices & equipments that are not required to be certified, recommendation for SNI exception, recommendation for color printer, etc.

A customer can get import approval from the Ministry of Trade of the Republic of Indonesia if the customer has an import permit and fulfills the import requirements in accordance with the prevailing laws and regulations and has a recommendation from the related ministry.

SNI is the only standard that applies nationally in Indonesia and the mandatory for certain products in accordance with the prevailing laws and regulations. SNI was formulated by the Technical Committee and stipulated by National Standardization Agency (Badan Standardisasi Nasional [BSN]) of Indonesia. The formulation of SNI itself is based on law in PP No. 102/2000 regarding National Standardization. SNI certification is used for public interest, national security, national economic development and preservation of environmental functions.

It is mandatory to register products, goods or devices that have a guarantee card and manual to the Ministry of Trade. If they are not registered, the products, items or devices can be detained at the surveillance time of goods in circulation.

Each national trading company that makes agreements with principals of foreign or domestic production goods or services as an agent, sole agent, distributor or sole distributor must be registered with the Ministry of Trade to obtain an STP.

TKDN is the value of content as a percentage of the domestic production component. The Ministry of Industry has appointed two independent surveyors for TKDN certification, namely: PT Sucofindo (Persero) and PT Surveyor Indonesia.