Jakarta-Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) Indonesia to assess the performance of exports in the mining sector in 2012 will be difficult to achieve due to the enactment of the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources No. 7 of 2012.

"(Regulation of the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources) This means that exports of intermediate goods some of the mines we can not be exported and this can interfere with the export target has been set by the government," said Vice Chairman of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce, Distribution and Logistics Natsir Mansyur, in a written statement received in Jakarta

Regulation of the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources No. 7 of 2012 is on the increase in value-added minerals through mineral processing and refining activities.

Article 21 of the EMR regulation says that the IUP (mining license) production operations and IPR (artisanal mining license) issued prior to enactment of regulation is forbidden to sell the ore (raw material or ore) minerals out of the country in a period of three months from the enactment of regulation .

"Indonesia could lose potential lost 20 percent of the target which was set at about U.S. $ 46 billion," said Natsir.

He argues, Kadin deeply regrets that the government expects that Kadin coordination between the Ministry of Trade, Ministry of Energy, and Ministry of Finance.

Coordination, he added, is to maintain the set target for the national export performance remains good as the year 2011 reached U.S. $ 203.62 billion.

In principle, he said, the Chamber supports increasing the added value of minerals through mineral processing and refining activities that perfomance Mining in Indonesia can be realized.