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Indonesia's trade balance records USD0.33 billion surplus in February

Indonesia’s trade balance recorded a USD0.33 billion surplus in February 2019, reversing the previous USD1.06 ...

HKTI wants imports that harm farmers to be stopped

The Indonesian Farmers' Association (HKTI) wants the imports of various commodities that harm local agricultural ...

News Focus

Developing online platform for traditional markets

The government of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has set itself the target of building and revitalizing at least five ...

Trade minister optimistic of online traditional markets

Trade Minister Enggartiasto Lukita has expressed his optimism that online trading in traditional markets would spur ...

Indonesia offers to cooperate with Thailand to stabilize rubber price

The Indonesian government has offered to cooperate with Thailand and Malaysia to stabilize the sluggish price of ...

Jokowi orders use of rubberized asphalt for helping rubber farmers

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) said that the government has been attempting to find ways to increase the price of ...

Indonesia must learn from India on how to manage salt commodities

The Executive Director of the Center for Maritime Studies for Humanity, Abdul Halim, stated that Indonesia needed to ...

Infrastructure development not only in Java Island: minister

The government assured that development of infrastructures, especially toll roads, in the country would not only be ...

BI to undergo accommodative macroprudential policy

Bank Indonesia (BI) will undergo an accommodative macroprudential policy and strengthen the payment system policy to ...

Indonesia`s trade balance records US$1.16 billion deficit in January

Indonesia`s trade balance recorded a US$1.16 billion deficit in January 2019, up slightly from $1.03 billion the month ...

Oil palm farmers to hold meeting in Jakarta on Feb 27, 28

The Association of Indonesian Oil Palm Farmers (APKASINDO) will organize a national meeting of oil palm farmers from ...

Three ASEAN rubber producing countries agree to reduce rubber exports

Three main producers of natural rubber in Southeast Asia -- Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia -- agreed to cut down ...

IHSG closes higher on Thursday

The Jakarta composite index (IHSG) closed stronger on Thursday as Bank Indonesia (BI) kept its 7-Day Reverse Repo Rate ...

Presidential Debate

Jokowi lauds farmers for corn production up 3.3 million tons

Incumbent presidential candidate Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has expressed gratitude to corn farmers who managed to increase ...

Baswedan lauded for taking over water supply service

Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan`s decision to take over clean water supply management and service from private ...