Indonesia to impose anti-dumping measures on Chinese imports

The Deputy Minister of Industry recently said the government will implement anti-dumping or safeguard measures in the border areas to prevent the influx of Chinese imports.The core objective is to prevent Chinese products from entering the Indonesian market, avoiding their disruption to the local market and protecting domestic industries. As the US-China trade talks were held in Geneva, Switzerland, and the US imposed 30% tariffs on Chinese products and China imposed 10% tariffs on US products, Chinese products were blocked from entering the US market and may turn to Indonesia.The Indonesian Purchasing Manager's Index declined by 0.5% in June 2025, and the manufacturing sector is still in contractionary phase, with weak new export orders, global market sentiment and trade policy uncertainty, and political dynamics are the main reasons.In January-April 2025, Indonesia's textiles and textile products imports increased by 8.84%, and footwear imports increased by 30.89%.Indonesia has a high dependence on China's steel and aluminum imports, with a share of steel imports of 51.41% (~US$2.17bn), and a share of aluminum imports of 46.1% (~US$1.0bn). about US$1 billion), China may shift steel and aluminum products to Indonesia. The government will intensively monitor the dynamics of steel and aluminum products in the border areas through anti-dumping or safeguard mechanisms to quickly respond to unusual import surges and protect domestic production.