President Joko has officially lifted restrictions on the export of sea sand, even though such exports have been banned since 20 years ago. The sea sand export policy has been in place since the Minister of Trade issued a revised version of two new regulations as No. 26 of 2023 on the management of marine sediments...

In August 2024, the ranking of the 10 best-selling four-wheeled car brands in Indonesia changed, with BYD, which has just begun sales a few months ago, ranking sixth. BYD only sells electric cars in Indonesia, the Indonesian Automotive Industry Association (Gaikindo)...

The Executive Director of CELIOS explained that there has been a significant increase in e-commerce products imported through distributors and across borders, thus posing a threat to local producers. According to CELIOS, the total amount of e-commerce imports increased significantly from 6.1 million units in 2017...

Over the past year, the Indonesian government has been tightening imports of finished goods and consumer products through quotas, certifications and tariff thresholds, and in particular, since July, the establishment of the Task Force to Rectify Illegal Imports, which has made doing cross-border supply chain trade in Indonesia...

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...

Indonesia, a country of archipelagos, has certainly become a target for investment in many aspects of the world, and one of the interesting investments is real estate investment. Basically Indonesia's property law restricts the ownership of property to foreign nationals (WNA) and then...

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...

BYD, in the top 10 of the Indonesian market? Yes, that's right, in August 2024, with 76,000 units of car sales in Indonesia, Chinese brand BYD killed off the Indonesian market surrounded by Japanese cars, with 2,940 units of new energy vehicle sales, among the...

A large number of Chinese cars have recently entered the Indonesian market, with many new brands from the country competing to sell their products, including battery-based electric, hybrid or internal combustion vehicles. The latest is the Guangzhou Automobile Aion Y Plus, a car from China...