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To avoid high US tariffs, Chinese companies have been planning to expand their business or set up new operations in Indonesia. The U.S. imposes tariffs of more than 30% on Chinese goods, while tariffs on goods from Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand are 19...

] In the second quarter of 2025, Indonesia's foreign direct investment (FDI) contracted by 12.81 TP3T year-on-year, but the modern warehousing industry in Jakarta and surrounding areas (Jabodetabek) was positively impacted by foreign investment, with the utilization rate in the first half of 2025 rising from 891 TP3T to 9...

Indonesia's Ministry of Transportation has commented on the large number of Chinese imported trucks entering Indonesia, especially in mining areas, and has received many reports of problems. The Director General of Land Transportation of the Ministry of Transportation said that there are a lot of reports about trucks transporting goods in mining areas...

The Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources and the Minister of Investment have said that the electric vehicle battery project by China's Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt (Huayou) and Indonesia Battery Company (IBC), with the participation of Indonesia's state-owned company Antam and others. The size of the investment is about 8...

On July 29-30, Chinese Ambassador to Indonesia Wang Lutong and his entourage went to Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park (IMIP) and Widabe Industrial Park (IWIP) for research and guidance, focusing on visiting Huayou Indonesia Huayue and Huafei projects, and providing information on Huayou's...

Chinese products, which used to be considered low quality and imitations, are now more recognized in Southeast Asia, with brands such as Xiaomi, Vivo, Oppo, BYD, Chery, Mixue, and Chagee widely known. Some Indonesian consumers own a variety of Chinese products...

July 2025 Chinese paint brand Sankeshi participated in the 2025 Indonesia Paint Show, bringing green and environmentally friendly products such as art paints, real stone paints, waterproof coatings, etc., demonstrating the innovative strength, environmental commitment and internationalization layout of Chinese paint brands. Ind...

Zhenbang Intelligence, a Chinese high-tech enterprise, intends to use its own funds of up to 11 million U.S. dollars (about 79.2 million yuan) to set up a wholly-owned subsidiary, HOMEWOOD CONTROL PTE.LTD. in Singapore and, through the subsidiary in Hong Kong and the New Cal...

Xiaopeng Auto debuted at GIIAS 2025, announcing that Indonesia has become its first country in the world to land localized production, and that the first locally produced Xiaopeng X9 in Indonesia has completed delivery, marking the completion of Xiaopeng Auto's global ben...

Investor Chinese textile company PT Xinhai Knitting will cooperate with Swedish fast fashion brand H&M to build a new textile factory on 8 hectares of land in Brebes district. The investment amounts to $40 million, or about 651.8 billion dong.Brebes...