President Orders Ban on Used Clothing Imports, Saving Local Industry

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo ordered a ban on used clothing imports, claiming it to bring serious damage to the already-suffering domestic textile industry.

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16:08 | Mar 16, 2023

Indonesia To Tighten Customs Checks after Shoe Recycling Project Scandal

Indonesia will tighten the check of customs in the small ports after an illegal import of second shoes got leaked and went viral, the industry ministry said.

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17:00 | Mar 07, 2023

Indonesia to Set Sorghum a Strategic Commodity, as Wheat Replacement

Sorghum is an important commodity that can be utilized as a replacement for wheat. For instance, the sorghum commodity can be processed into noodles for which wheat is still utilized in Indonesia, he explained.

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13:45 | Aug 23, 2022

Bogor Agricultural University Offers Five Substitutes for Wheat in Noodles

Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), West Java, offers instant noodle producers to utilize researchers' innovations to use five high-yielding local food varieties, corn, canna, breadfruit, cassava, and sago

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18:15 | Aug 15, 2022

Indonesia Strives to Substitute Imported Corn, Soybean, Wheat

In 2021, Indonesia had imported 987,005 tons or Rp1.2 trillion worth of corn. Starting this year, the government would strive to boost the production of low-aflatoxin corn to replace imported food corn.

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07:15 | Aug 14, 2022

Russo-Ukrainian War Economic Impact on Indonesia is Small: Economist

PT Danareksa (Persero) Chief Economist Rima Prama Artha said the economic impact of the Russia-Ukraine war on Indonesia was relatively small because the two countries were not major trading partners.

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16:12 | Apr 21, 2022

Indonesia Projected US$37 Billion Trade Surplus in 2021

The minister noted that Indonesias exports in 2021 will be the highest since 2011 when the countrys exports were recorded at US$203.5 billion

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11:45 | Dec 24, 2021

Ministry of Trade Integrates System to Simplify Export-Import Licensing

Ministry of Trade has issued new regulations that seek to simplify the process to obtain export and import licenses for businesses.

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13:00 | Dec 13, 2021