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Indonesia posts higher inflation in April 2019

Indonesia recorded a rise of 0.44 percent in its inflation rate in April, augmented mainly by a hike in airfares, ...

West Java's egg consumption during Ramadhan to touch 56,602 tons

The intake of eggs in West Java Province is expected to touch 56,602 tons during the 2019 fasting month of Ramadhan, ...

Indonesia's first-quarter budget deficit reaches 0.63%

Indonesia's budget deficit in the quarter ended March 31, 2019, totaled Rp102 trillion, accounting for 0.63 percent ...

Minister unperturbed by US$193.4 million first-quarter trade deficit

Trade Minister Enggartiasto Lukita has maintained his composure and remained undeterred by the first-quarter trade ...

Ministry works on export potential of Wamena coffee

The Agriculture Ministry's Quarantine Agency has encouraged economic growth in Papua by accelerating exports of ...

B100 is answer to Indonesian palm oil discrimination by EU: Minister

Indonesia’s Minister of Agriculture Amran Sulaiman had affirmed that B100 Biodiesel from crude palm oil (CPO) ...

Indonesia posts unexpected US$540 million trade surplus in March: BPS

Indonesia booked a US$540 million trade surplus in March 2019 in comparison with 330 million in February, the Central ...

House calls for special law on oil palm

A member of the House of Representatives' Commission on Economic Affairs, Firman Subagyo, said that oil palm has ...

Subianto-Uno pair vows to strive for food and energy self-sufficency

Prabowo Subianto and Sandiaga Uno have vowed to strive for food and energy self-sufficiency to reduce trade deficit if ...

Indonesia initiates CPO dialogue at European Parliament office

The Indonesian Embassy in Brussels has organised a dialogue on the palm oil issue at the European Parliament office ...

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Indonesia's realistic responses to EU's ban on CPO awaited

Indonesia and Malaysia, dominating the global palm oil production, are reeling from the EU's recent ban on palm ...

RI, Dutch foreign ministers hold palm oil-related discussions in Hague

Foreign Minister Retno L. P. Marsudi, during a meeting with her Dutch counterpart Stephanus Abraham Blok in the Hague, ...

Indonesia working hard to deal with EU's ban on palm oil: minister

Indonesia has been working so hard to defend its national interests in facing the European Union's ban on the use ...

Observer: Palm discrimination is a lesson against export dependence

Economist Faisal Basri said Indonesia must learn from the case of discrimination of palm oil and its derivatives by the ...

President presses for modernizing nation's agricultural industry

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has endeavored to drive the modernization of Indonesia's agricultural industry to ...