Exporting food from Indonesia to Poland

What Poland buys from Indonesia

The EU–Indonesia trade agreement (CEPA) is expected to enter into force on 1 January 2027, with lower EU duties on many food products.

• Direct food imports from Indonesia are still small: the largest line, cashews and coconuts, was €8.6 million in 2025.
• Palm oil grew from €0.1 million in 2021 to €2.8 million in 2025; cocoa butter appeared in 2023 and reached €1.8 million in 2024.
• Shrimp and other crustaceans grew every year, from €0.14 million to €0.78 million.
• These figures count only goods cleared through customs in Poland. Indonesian food cleared in Rotterdam or Hamburg and resold to Poland is counted as Dutch or German trade, so Polish buyers use more than the numbers show, mostly through other EU importers.

Indonesia food at the EU border

Almost half of the problems are spices, mostly aflatoxins and ochratoxin A from drying and storage. For fish, mercury. Control moisture and storage, and test for mycotoxins before every shipment. In 2026 so far, 5 shipments from Indonesia were stopped at the EU border. The most common reasons for EU food alerts, 2020–2025 (number of alerts):

• Mycotoxins 53
• Heavy metals 17
• Pesticide residues 11
• Environmental pollutants 9
• Allergens 7

Latest alerts

• 13 Oct Information: Palm oil · Glycidyl esters
• 7 Aug Information: Fish · Not presented for official control
• 16 Jul Border rejection: Nutmeg · Aflatoxins, ochratoxin A
• 25 Jun Alert: Mangosteen · Cadmium
• 12 Jun Information: Octopus · Foreign body (fish hook)

All border data for Indonesia →

Duties now and after CEPA

Until CEPA applies, Indonesian goods pay the standard EU duty or the reduced GSP rate where Indonesia qualifies; GSP requires a statement on origin by an exporter registered in the EU's REX system. CEPA will remove duties on most goods, some in stages. Check your code in Access2Markets and follow the entry-into-force date in our Regulatory digest.

Next steps

The general route, documents and label rules are in How to export food to Poland. For your type of product:

• Exporting packaged coffee, tea and spices to Poland
• Exporting confectionery and dried-fruit snacks to Poland
• Exporting cosmetics to Poland