Industry Newsletters

Plummeting commodity prices and China's economic weakness will be a challenge for the new government to boost exports, however Indonesia also has significant export potential in the downstream agricultural sector.2022 Commodity prices spiked after the outbreak of the Russo-Ukrainian war in February 2022...

President Joko said that downstream nickel projects have succeeded in contributing to a significant increase in the value of exports, with Indonesia's downstream nickel exports having soared to Rp 510 trillion from Rp 33 trillion previously. As Coordinating Minister Luhut said, now Indonesia...

PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) is preparing to start initial production of copper cathode at its new processing and refining facility (smelter) in Gresik (Jatim), East Java, and the production of copper cathode will be one of the downstream industries of Indonesia's natural resource...

The Minister of Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprises (MenkopUKM) has encouraged the downstream development of various products of katsuo leaves, which has a huge potential for downstream product development and can even earn up to Rp 90 million per kilogram (Kg). At the Cabinet meeting,...

The utilization rate of ceramic products in the country in the first half of 2024 was only 621 TP3T, a result that was down from the utilization rates of 691 TP3T in 2023 and 781 TP3T in 2022, respectively.Chairman Asaki said the decline in the utilization rate was due to the presence of ceramic tiles imported from China...

On September 13th, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) issued its final decision regarding the imposition of 301 tariffs on China, which continues to impose tariffs on Chinese products and has caused great concern in the Chinese industry, including the following: - A levy of 1 percent on Chinese imports of electric vehicles...

Sinar Mas and Korea Investment Real Asset Management (KIRAM) are working together to build a data center in Indonesia in a joint venture, with the project...

The Indonesian government has proposed to China to develop and increase the value-added of coal (PNT) through a program that President Joko is proud of, that is, to move downstream in the form of other products, such as coal quality improvement (coal upgrading), coal briquetting, refining...

Effective September 16, 2024, Tokopedia will increase merchant service fees by up to 10%, this adjustment applies to Power Merchant and Power Merchant PRO sellers (by product category sold). The service fee is based on each already...

On September 2, 2024, China-Indonesia Binational Park - Batang Industrial Park was awarded the PKB qualification for the Greater Free Trade Zone, which is the fourth Greater Free Trade Zone license approved by the province of Central Java, and the only Chinese-owned park to receive this award. According to Perdirjen...