Chinese-funded tire company's Indonesia plant officially starts production
Chinese tire maker Sailun Group's Indonesian factory, which was built at a cost of 4 trillion rupiah in 2024, has officially started production in Demak, Central Java. The chairman of Sailun Group said that the commissioning will publicize the brand's market strategy in Indonesia, make...
Chinese-funded high-performance membrane company officially puts its Indonesia plant into operation
Global high-performance membrane materials leader Zhonglun New Materials Co., Ltd. has announced that its first overseas production base - Indonesia, long plastic high-performance membrane materials production base officially put into production. The project is China's high-performance membrane material industry's first overseas...
Indonesia's cigarette production, sales both low last year
The overall performance of Indonesia's cigarette industry in 2025 was weak, with low production and sales. Full-year production of 307.8 billion cigarettes was down 31 TP3T year-on-year, the lowest in a decade since 2016. 29 billion cigarettes were produced in a single month in December, up 3.81 TP3T YoY despite...
Indonesia's Immigration Department Strengthens Service Supervision of Chinese-Funded Parks
The Deputy Minister of Immigration and Prisons, together with the relevant departments, recently paid an official visit to the Vidabe Industrial Park (IWIP) in the district of Central Hamahela, in the province of Maluku Norte, with the aim of reinforcing the role of the immigration service and supervision in the strategic industrial zone. During their trip...
Chinese funds remain Indonesia's main source of investment
Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into Indonesia totaled Rp 900.9 trillion for the year 2025, a slight increase of 0.11 TP3T from the previous year. Among them, Singapore is the largest source of foreign investment in Indonesia, leading the five Asian regions in terms of investment size. Investment ...
Indonesia's first sea shipment of frozen durian enters Chinese market
Guangxi Qinzhou Port recently held a receiving ceremony, marking the first batch of Indonesia's frozen durian by sea officially entered the Chinese market, which is an important step in the expansion of bilateral trade in agricultural products between the two countries. The shipment was loaded with 23 tons of Indonesian frozen durian pulp and...
Indonesia fails to announce rules for nickel production cuts LME nickel price slumps nearly 8% in two days
Nickel prices retreated from a 19-month high after Indonesia failed to release details of a nickel production cut plan that had previously triggered a price spike. The price of the three-month nickel contract on the London Metal Exchange (LME) fell 4.41 TP3T in trading on January 14...
Indonesia Geothermal Energy launches geothermal power plant project
National Geothermal Energy Corporation (PGEO) has held a kick-off meeting to officially launch the construction of the Lumutbale 3 geothermal power plant project in the Lumutbale Geothermal Work Area in South Sumatra Province, which has an installed capacity of 55 megawatt...
Indonesia to extend several economic stimulus policies this year
The Indonesian government has made it clear that it will continue to implement a number of economic stimulus policies in 2026, and is currently refining the relevant programs with the aim of maintaining the country's economic stability and further expanding jobs. A spokesman for the Ministry of Economic Coordination revealed that 202...
Indonesia's tax gap widens as finance minister takes aim at offending Chinese firms
The Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources has announced a major strategic shift, significantly lowering the national coal production target to about 600 million tons by 2026, a move aimed at easing oversupply in the global coal market and stabilizing and boosting coal prices....