Korea Testing Laboratory Secures Domestic Testing Qualification for Indonesian EV Charger Certification

Cost and Time Savings Expected for Exporters

Song Taeseung, Head of the Digital Industry Division at Korea Testing Laboratory (right), is taking a commemorative photo with Dani Pramantio, Vice President of Sucofindo, after signing the test certification cooperation agreement on the 15th. Korea Testing Laboratory.

The Korea Testing Laboratory (KTL) has paved the way for obtaining the mandatory certification, a key gateway to entering Indonesia's electric vehicle (EV) charger market, within Korea. As export companies will now be able to reduce the burden of on-site testing in Indonesia and simultaneously shorten both certification time and costs, efforts to penetrate the Southeast Asian EV infrastructure market are expected to accelerate.

On April 15, KTL announced that it has secured the qualification to conduct domestic tests for obtaining mandatory certification (SNI) in the field of EV chargers, in cooperation with Indonesia’s state-run testing and certification agency, PT SUCOFINDO. This partnership is based on the test and certification cooperation agreement signed between the two organizations.

As a result, domestic companies can now have their EV chargers tested and certified by KTL, without the need to send products to Indonesia. Previously, businesses were required to use local testing agencies, which incurred significant logistics costs and time burdens. From now on, the same procedures can be conducted domestically, and export efficiency is expected to improve significantly.

EV chargers are a representative product that presents difficulties for companies expanding overseas due to varying technical standards and certification systems in each country. In particular, Indonesia mandates national standard (SNI) certification, and without this certification, export and local distribution of products is impossible.

The government has also strengthened support to address these certification barriers. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy selected KTL as the lead organization for the "Establishment of Verification and Demonstration-Based Testing and Certification Infrastructure for EV Charging Infrastructure to Enter the Global Market" project and has promoted efforts to build capabilities for responding to overseas certifications.

Through this cooperation, KTL will be able to swiftly acquire and provide information on Indonesia’s EV charger testing and certification system and regulatory trends to domestic companies. At the same time, cost savings and shortened certification periods are also anticipated.

The two organizations are pursuing both expanded certification cooperation and international collaboration. Currently, Sucofindo is seeking to join the Asian Network Forum (ANF) of certification bodies, and KTL, in its capacity as the chair institution, is supporting the related procedures. From April 13 to 14, a KTL review team conducted evaluations in Indonesia in line with international standards (ISO/IEC 17025, ISO/IEC 17065) and ANF regulations.

Song Taeseung, Head of the Digital Industry Division at KTL, stated, “Securing the domestic testing infrastructure for SNI certification of EV chargers marks a significant turning point for our companies to obtain overseas certifications more quickly and efficiently. We will continue to pursue the ‘expansion of the certification territory’ by breaking down certification barriers and expanding global testing and certification cooperation.”

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