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Policy briefs·2026-09-12·7 min

Halal certification as a market barrier

Trade & Investment programme

For consumer goods entering Indonesia, certification is the real gate — timing it wrong costs a quarter.

Halal certification is frequently treated as a compliance box. It is in fact a sequencing problem: the certification window determines your launch date. This brief lays out the realistic timeline and the common re-filing traps.

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