Govt Hopes Zero Percent Tariffs Remain Despite US Supreme Court Ruling

RRI.CO.ID, Jakarta - The Indonesian government hopes the zero percent tariff facility for a number of export commodities to the United States will remain in effect. The expectation follows the United States Supreme Court's overturning of the reciprocal tariff policy previously imposed by US President Donald Trump.

Indonesian Trade Minister Budi Santoso said a consultation period is still ongoing following the US Supreme Court ruling. “What we have already signed, the zero percent entry into the United States, we hope will continue to run,” Budi said at the Trade Ministry office in Jakarta on Thursday, February 26, 2026, as quoted by Antara.

Last week, the Indonesian and US governments signed a reciprocal tariff agreement. Under the agreement, 1,819 tariff lines of Indonesian products are eligible for import duty exemptions of up to zero percent.

The products covered include crude palm oil, coffee, cocoa, spices, rubber, electronic components, including semiconductors, and aircraft components. Both countries also agreed to eliminate import duties on Indonesian textile and garment products through a specific quota scheme.

However, a day after the agreement was signed, on Friday, February 20, the US Supreme Court ruled that President Trump did not have the authority to impose global tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

Following the ruling, the United States began implementing a temporary global tariff of 10 percent, with the White House planning to raise it to 15 percent.

Speaking before Congress, Trump said that almost all countries and companies wanted to maintain the tariff agreements reached before the Supreme Court ruling.

Meanwhile, the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto, said further talks with the United States would follow the Supreme Court decision that annulled Trump’s reciprocal tariff policy. ***