Industry Newsletters
Indonesia's SME Minister Calls for Preventing Inflow of Illegal Imports
The Minister of Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprises (MenKopUKM) has asked the Ministry of Trade (Kemendag) to further tighten control over the flow of imported goods, especially finished products or consumer goods, in order to protect local products from the onslaught of imported goods. The government is pushing...
Starting September 1, Shopee will implement a new management fee for sellers
Shopee e-commerce platform will implement a new policy for product categories and management fees starting September 1, 2024, and this update applies to sellers in non-Star, Star and Star+ categories. In this new policy, Shopee will apply four new product...
Reasons for Positive Industrial Land Transactions in Jakarta Metropolitan Area
Industrial land sales in Jabodetabek, Greater Jakarta Metropolitan Area experienced very high growth in the second quarter of 2024, with industrial land sales transactions of 182.9 hectares, an increase of 1,84% compared to the previous quarter, and in the first quarter of 2024, industrial...
Batang Wanxinda Industrial Park of "Two Countries Two Parks"
On July 25th, Wang Palm departed from Jakarta and landed in Semarang, the core city of the Central Java Industrial Belt, after a 1-hour flight, followed by another 1-hour drive to Batang Wanxinda Industry, 60 kilometers west of Semarang...
Opening a factory in Indonesia, analysis of the three major industrial zones on the island of Java
Manufacturing industry in Indonesia to choose a site to land, must understand the three major industrial belts on the island of Java. On the island of Java, the main manufacturing industry belt from west to east, divided into three major blocks are the Javan industrial belt, Central Java industrial belt, and East Java...
What's next for Indonesia's trade business as storms continue, says boss
Indonesia trade business, too difficult? The recent week's news that the Indonesian government department is going to rectify the illegal imported products keeps hitting the nerves of traders and e-commerce practitioners, and to be on the safe side, a lot of stalls doing offline wholesaling have started to make a big...
The Importance of Compliance, Indonesia Heavy on Illegal Imports, Says Pocketbook
Indonesia to heavily rectify illegal imports? Yes, on July 17, Indonesia's Trade Minister Hassan told the media that he would formally set up a special task force to rectify illegal imports on July 19, together with major regulators, what is the specific...
Indonesia's pharmaceutical industry still highly dependent on imported raw materials
Indonesia's pharmaceutical manufacturing industry still relies heavily on imported raw materials to produce medicines, and the upstream pharmaceutical API industry is not yet developed enough to supply the raw materials needed for downstream pharmaceutical manufacturing. Indonesia needs continued investment in the development of pharmaceutical raw materials...
Indonesia Completes World's Largest Copper Smelter, Strengthens Mining Leadership Position
Indonesia has established itself as a global mining leader by building the world's largest copper smelter, recently inaugurated by PT Freeport Indonesia in Gresik, East Java. The smelter is not only the largest of its kind...
Indonesia's durian exports to China worth $8 billion
Indonesia, one of the world's leading producers and exporters of durian, aims to increase the value of durian agriculture across the country, especially for the Chinese market. To achieve this goal, Indonesia plans to make the durian, nicknamed the "king of fruits,"...