
Jakarta (ANTARA News) – The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) has agreed to strengthen the position and increase the competitive edges of small and medium enterprises (SME) in the ASEAN region, a minister said. “It is important to maximize the potentials of SMEs in ASEAN and provided them with special treatments towards the creation of an [...]
May 6th, 2011 | Published in Indonesia Nowadays,Trade | Read More »

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Indonesia’s imports last year jumped 40.05 percent to US$135.61 billion from the year before, the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) said. Oil and gas imports in 2010 rose 44.16 percent to US$27.36 billion from the previous year, with crude oil imports increasing 15.16 percent to US$1.12 billion, and oil products 61.93 percent to [...]
February 2nd, 2011 | Published in Trade | Read More »

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Indonesia’s exports in 2010 reached a total value of US$150 billion, the highest figure ever achieved in the country’s foreign trade. Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) Chairman Rusman Heriawan on Friday said Indonesia’s exports in the period January-November 2010 reached a total value of US$140 billion while the figure for December 2010 [...]
February 1st, 2011 | Published in Economic,Trade | Read More »

Greek Traders Planning To Start Business With Indonesian Companies Found in Internet are STRONGLY Suggested to CONTACT THE EMBASSY FIRST.
January 20th, 2011 | Published in Trade | Read More »

Jakarta (ANTARA News) – The pulp and paper industry in Indonesia has developed vastly and attracted an investment worth US$16 billion, Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan told a seminar here on Monday. He said that pulp and paper industry at home was able to absorb 242,822 workers and contribute US$4 billion of foreign exchange to the [...]
January 18th, 2011 | Published in Economic,Trade | Read More »

Jakarta (ANTARA News) – The government has projected the national industry will grow by 5.2 percent to 6.1 percent next year which will rely on six groups of priority industries. “The efforts made by the government in the previous years will hopefully boost the industrial sector,” Industry Minister MS Hidayat said at a year-end press [...]
December 23rd, 2010 | Published in Trade | Read More »

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Industry Minister MS Hidayat said his office was preparing a grand strategy on energy conservation and reduction of green house gases in the industrial sector that will be implemented in 2010-2020. “The program for the implementation of CO2 emission reduction in the industrial sector is a follow up to the government’s commitment [...]
November 25th, 2010 | Published in Trade | Read More »

Jakarta (ANTARA News)- The Bank Indonesia (BI/the central bank) said that Indonesia`s economic performance and prospects are improving. BI Public Relations Chief Difi A Johansyah said here on Thursday that the BI board of governors after evaluating the country`s economic performance and prospects, decided to maintain the bank`s key rate (BI rate) at 6.50 percent. [...]
November 4th, 2010 | Published in Economic,Trade | Read More »

Jakarta (ANTARA News) – The government has set itself a target of US$300 million in the 25th Trade Expo Indonesia (TEI) transactions which will be held at the Jakarta International Expo in Kemayoran on October 13-17, 2010, a minister said. “We hope we can reach the target which is higher than the TEI transactions in [...]
October 2nd, 2010 | Published in Economic,Trade | Read More »

In implementing a free market, some international agreements have been pursued, in cooperation with the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA), the Asia Pasific Economic Cooperation (APEC), and the World Trade Organization (WTO). In line with the Government Programs, the Government policy is to create new conditions that demand manufacturing and trade development towards national potential empowerment in the context of utilizing domestic market and export opportunities through high-competitive business on a global scale.
September 6th, 2010 | Published in Trade | Read More »