The Ministry of Industry will hold the 2025 Indonesian Specialty Products Business Matching and Exhibition on August 5-8, 2025, with 51 companies participating, showcasing specialty products such as coffee, tea, cocoa, milk, fruits, as well as alcoholic beverages and tobacco. This event aims to promote cooperation between Indonesian specialty product enterprises and international businesses, enhance brand international influence, and explore underdeveloped alternative markets. The Deputy Minister of Industry stated that in the first quarter of 2025, the food and beverage industry accounted for 41.15% of Indonesia's non-oil and gas industrial GDP and 7.2% of the national GDP. From January to April 2025, export value reached US$14.66 billion (approximately IDR 239.95 trillion), while import value was US$4.23 billion (approximately IDR 68.94 trillion), resulting in a trade surplus of US$10.43 billion (approximately IDR 170 trillion). In 2024, the industry employed 6.27 million people, a continued increase from 5.74 million in 2023 and 5.72 million in 2022. Actual investment in the first quarter of 2025 reached IDR 22.64 trillion, of which foreign investment accounted for IDR 9.03 trillion and domestic investment IDR 13.6 trillion.
The Ministry of Industry will hold the 2025 Indonesian Specialty Products Business Matching and Exhibition on August 5-8, 2025, with 51 companies participating, showcasing specialty products such as coffee, tea, cocoa, milk, fruits, as well as alcoholic beverages and tobacco. This event aims to promote cooperation between Indonesian specialty product enterprises and international businesses, enhance brand international influence, and explore underdeveloped alternative markets. The Deputy Minister of Industry stated that in the first quarter of 2025, the food and beverage industry accounted for 41.15% of Indonesia's non-oil and gas industrial GDP and 7.2% of the national GDP. From January to April 2025, export value reached US$14.66 billion (approximately IDR 239.95 trillion), while import value was US$4.23 billion (approximately IDR 68.94 trillion), resulting in a trade surplus of US$10.43 billion (approximately IDR 170 trillion). In 2024, the industry employed 6.27 million people, a continued increase from 5.74 million in 2023 and 5.72 million in 2022. Actual investment in the first quarter of 2025 reached IDR 22.64 trillion, of which foreign investment accounted for IDR 9.03 trillion and domestic investment IDR 13.6 trillion.