Indonesia will quietly ease enforcement on cosmetics and health supplement imports within three months of its October 18 halal certification deadline, even as officials insist there will be no delay.

From that date, importers need pre-shipment halal certification before customs clears a widened list of goods including cosmetics and supplements. Over 700,000 of 1.35 million promised free certificates remain unprocessed months out, and certification takes three to six months, a backlog Jakarta will likely handle the way it already has for US exporters: informally, not by publicly delaying the deadline.