Indonesia's Ministry of Industry Issues New Regulation on Domestic Content Levels
The Ministry of Industry has officially promulgated Ministerial Regulation No. 35 of 2025 to overhaul the mechanism for calculating and certifying the content of domestic ingredients (TKDN). The new regulation will come into effect on December 12, 2025, replacing the old regulations of 2011 and 2022, and aims to...
More than 100 companies participate in Indonesia's waste-to-energy projects, first batch to operate by the end of the year
The national waste-to-energy project has attracted the participation of 70 consortia consisting of more than 100 domestic and foreign companies, announced Danantara, the national investment management agency. The project, with a total investment of 91 trillion rupiah, is planned to be implemented in 33 cities, with the first phase covering Jakarta...
Indonesia's Exports to China Continue to Grow Amid Trade War
The] Trade Minister has said that despite the ongoing trade war between China and the United States, Indonesia's exports to the two countries in January-August 2025 have continued to grow. The data showed Indonesia's non-hydrocarbon exports to China amounted to $40.44 billion, up 8.68% year-on-year, while exports to the US...
Indonesia to introduce new regulations on industrial radiation monitoring
The Minister of Industry has announced that the government is working on a new regulation requiring industrial zones and factories nationwide to submit regular radiation monitoring reports in response to the previous discovery of cesium-137 (Cs-137) radioactive contamination in the Cikande Industrial Zone in Banten province. The new regulation...
Indonesia develops migration program based on Three Gorges migration experience
Indonesia's Minister of Resettlement said recently that the experience of resettling migrants from the Three Gorges Project in Yichang City, Hubei Province, China, which successfully relocated 1.3 million people, provides a valuable reference for Indonesia. Through 32 years of development, Yichang has transformed into an agricultural, cottage industry...
Indonesia's total ban on rare earth metal exports
The Indonesian government has announced a total ban on the export of all rare earth metals and their by-products, issued by the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, in fulfillment of President Prabowo's directive to tighten the state's control over strategic resources. Indonesia's rare earth resources ...
U.S. tariffs on China bring new export opportunities for Indonesia
Indonesia's new finance minister believes that U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to impose a 100% tariff on Chinese goods creates new export opportunities for Indonesia. If Trump implements this tariff policy, it will make Chinese goods more competitive in the US market...
Indonesia launches tender for waste-to-energy projects
State investment management agency (BPI) Danantara is set to launch a public tender for the Power from Waste (PLTSa) project in early November 2025, with its CEO promising to ensure transparency in the process. The project aims to address the problem of waste accumulation in major cities and promote energy...
Indonesia plans to build solar power plants in 80,000 villages
The Economic Coordination Minister has announced that President Prabowo has ordered the construction of solar power plants in 80,000 villages, with a total planned installed capacity of 80 gigawatts. The project, which will be implemented through village red and white cooperatives, aims to accelerate Indonesia's energy self-sufficiency...
LiuGong Invests $317 Million in Intelligent Manufacturing Base in Indonesia
During the rolling exhibition and business forum of the Indonesia Pavilion at the Osaka World Expo recently, Chinese construction machinery manufacturer LiuGong, through its Indonesian subsidiary PT LiuGong Machinery Manufacturing Indonesia, and Indonesian industrial park Art...