Industry Newsletters
Boss says: How to import and operate in Indonesia in a compliant manner
Doing business in Indonesia How to do compliant imports, Mr. Wang shared three points: First, do a good job of market research. In the second half of the Indonesian market, the model of purely utilizing the information gap and dumping goods no longer works. It must be based on self...
Food and Beverage Industry Suffers Massive Layoffs Due to Indonesian Health Regulations
The Ministry of Manpower (Kemenaker) has responded to the threat of mass layoffs in the food and beverage industry (mamin) due to government regulations (PP) on health. The Ministry of Manpower Labor Relations Development and Employment Social Security (PHI-JSK)...
China remains main source of Indonesia's apparel imports
The Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) acknowledged that the value of imports of apparel under HS codes 61 and 62 increased by 55.461 TP3T and 29.611 TP3T per month (month to month/mtm).In terms of the country of origin of the imports, HS 61 goods consisting of knitted apparel and accessories from China...
Indonesia's best-selling electric cars change
The Wuling Air EV electric car caused a stir when it was first launched in 2022 as it was the first electric car produced in Indonesia, priced at around Rp 240 million. Meanwhile, then rival Hyundai was selling the car for 8...
Indonesian Customs Releases Contents Data on Containers Stranded at Ports
The General Customs Administration (GCA) has released data on the contents of 26,415 containers stranded in several ports due to import prohibitions and restrictions (lartas) regulations, the contents of which are mostly raw and auxiliary industrial materials. Customs Communications and User Guidance General...
First Frozen French Fries Plant in Southeast Asia Commences Operations
This year PT Indo Agro Plus (PT IAP) is gearing up for production operations at its frozen french fries factory in West Java, PT IAP is a holding company that will operate the first and only frozen french fries factory in Indonesia and Southeast Asia...
Indonesia's downstream nickel exports soar to Rp 510 trillion
President Joko demonstrated the results of his "Pride Project", in this case the downstreaming of nickel, where the value of downstream exports increased dramatically. The value of nickel downstream exports soared several times, from just 33 trillion rupiah to 510 trillion rupiah. He was in East...
Indonesian government plans to tax processed foods for health reasons
President Joko's government has enacted new health-related regulations, one of which is an excise tax on processed foods, including ready-to-eat processed foods. The provision is contained in Government Regulation No. 28 of 2024 No. 17 of 2023 on the Implementation of the Health Law...
Palm said: Indonesia Central Java industrial zone which parks
Java is the center of Indonesia's manufacturing industry, and Indonesia's Central Java Industrial Belt is one of the three industrial belts on the island of Java, the emerging vibrant industrial belt, the cost of land and labor costs are very competitive, the cost of land is about 50-100 US...
Indonesian government decides to suspend construction of new nickel smelting plant
The government has decided to stop the construction of new nickel refining facilities or smelters producing low value-added products, namely rotary kiln electric furnace (RKEF) smelters producing nickel pig iron (NPI). The Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources said at the Jakarta Petroleum and Natural...