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The Minister of Trade may restrict exports for the following reasons: (a) to protect national security or public interest; (b) to protect human health, animals, plants or the environment ; (c) the existence of international treaties or agreements signed and ratified by the Government; (d) limited supply in the domestic market or for effective conservation 

Export restrictions Tin bar- Rationale: (a) prevent excessive exploitation and environmental damage; (b) support sustainable use; (c) fulfil domestic demand; (d) boost competitiveness and improved quality of tin exports.

Export restrictions Mineral ore products-Rationale: (a) prevent excessive exploitation and environmental damage;

Export restrictions Silver and gold- Rationale: (a) minimize environmental damaged from uncontrolled mining;

Oil and Gas- Rationale: (a) sovereignty (Constitution, Article 33(3)); (b) sustainable and efficient management of oil and gas as non- renewable natural resources ; (c) prevention of excessive exploitation and environmental damage; (d) ensure the exploitation of these resources contributes to the prosperity and welfare of the Indonesian people;

Export tax - Class C Minerals other than sand, soil; and top soil;-Rationale: to minimize environmental damage caused by uncontrolled mining and prevent illegal exports.

Over the review period, new export taxes have been introduced on leather and wood ; crude palm oil; raw cocoa; and mineral ore products (Table 3.14). The main objective of these measures is to encourage value-added processing within Indonesia. Secondary considerations are to secure domestic supply and to safeguard the environment. According to the authorities, this policy seems to have been successful in achieving its objectives. They noted, for example, that the export tax on raw cocoa has succeeded in attracting more than US$200 million in FDI.

Ministry of Environmental cooperates with Ministry of finance have “the exception of customs duty for equipment and materials that is used to prevent pollution ” program through Finance Ministerial Decree number 101/PMK 04/2007. A few equipments that get the exception of import duty, such as: aerator, belt press, chemical pump, pH control, decanter, air blower, biological , and screen. Those are categorized as a liquid pollutant control. Other equipments are: electrostatic precipitator, continuous electromagnetic. Those are categorized as air pollutants control. This mechanism is imposed on MFN basis.

Strategic agricultural development goals in 2012 are achieving sustainable self-sufficiency and self-sufficiency, rising food diversification, increasing added value, competitiveness and exports, increasing farmers welfare.

Indonesia has more than 17,000 islands, with 181,157 million ha land area, consist of 130.68 million ha forest land. The function of forest  area is as conservation forest  (26.8 million ha), protection forest  (28.8 million ha), production forest  (32.6 million ha), limited production forest  (24.4 million ha) and convertible production forest;  (17.9 million ha)