Cases / Mining · Indonesia · 2020–2022
WTO panel found Indonesia's raw nickel export ban breached rules
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Did nature suffer? Not measured.
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A WTO panel ruled in November 2022 that Indonesia's ban on raw nickel ore exports breached WTO rules, in a case brought by the European Union. Indonesia appealed to a body that is not functioning, so the ruling is not final.
What?
A WTO panel found Indonesia's 2020 ban on raw nickel ore exports breached WTO rules in November 2022. The Jakarta Post
Where?
Indonesia; the case was heard at the World Trade Organization The Jakarta Post
When?
Ban in 2020; panel ruling in November 2022
Who?
Gained
- Indonesian government — Aim to build a domestic battery chain by processing nickel at home
Lost
None on recordHarmed
None on recordWhy?
The government said the ban would make Indonesia a centre of the electric vehicle battery chain by processing nickel at home.
How?
A ban on exporting raw nickel ore, challenged by the European Union; Indonesia appealed to a non-functioning appeal body. The Jakarta Post
6 of 6 questions answered from the record
What happened
The record, in order.
Indonesia banned raw nickel ore exports in 2020, and the government said processing the metal at home would make the country a centre of the electric vehicle battery chain.
The Jakarta Post said in an opinion piece in December 2022 that a WTO panel had found the ban inconsistent with WTO rules, in a case brought by the European Union.
Indonesia appealed into a gap, because the WTO appeal body is not working, so the ruling is not final.
In court and with insurers
Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.
Lawsuits and rulings
- 2022-11Outcome not on recordEU complaint against Indonesia's raw nickel ore export banWTO dispute settlement panel · Civil · European Union → Indonesia
The panel found the export ban inconsistent with WTO rules. Indonesia appealed to the WTO Appellate Body, which is not working, so the ruling is not final. The Jakarta Post
Insurers
No insurer decision on record.
What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Court
- Unclear EU complaint against Indonesia's raw nickel ore export ban: outcome not on record.
Record
- None on record The amount at stake in the dispute is not stated.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not name the WTO dispute number or the panel report.
- Unclear Whether Indonesia has since changed or kept the ban is not stated in the sources reviewed.
- None on record The December 2022 source is an opinion piece rather than a news report.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
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Press and investigations
- Will Indonesia's appeal of WTO nickel dispute fall into a voidThe Jakarta Post · 2022-12
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