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President urges ministers to overcome soaring salt prices

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has called on his cabinet ministers to overcome the soaring salt prices that burden the ...

Salt price shoots up as markets run short of stock

The markets in various parts of the country are running short of consumer salt stock, causing the price of the ...

Indonesia`s industrial zones await Japanese investment

Indonesia has continued to develop special industrial zones (KEKs) where it provides investment facilities to ...

Indonesia, Maldives seek to improve cooperation in tourism sector

Indonesia and Maldives seek to strengthen bilateral cooperation especially in the tourism sector following the visit ...

Government to build 60 suspension bridges in 2017

The Indonesian government would build some 60 small suspension bridges in 2017 to facilitate local residents and to ...

President complains about monotony of key plants grown in regions

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has complained about the monotony of key plant commodities being developed ...

BI estimates economic growth at 5.17 percent in 2017

Governor of the Indonesian Central Bank (BI) Agus Martowardojo has lowered the projection of economic growth for 2017 ...

Bank Indonesia revises down economic growth projection

Bank Indonesia Governor Agus Martowardojo said the central bank has revised down its target for the countrys economic ...

Indonesia`s economy grows to 5.3 percent in 2018: World Bank

Indonesias real GDP growth is projected to increase from 5.2 percent this year to 5.3 percent in 2018, according to ...

BI maintains reference rate at 4.75 percent

Bank Indonesia (BI) has decided to maintain its "7-Day Reverse Repo Rate" at 4.75 percent for the eighth time in a row ...

Indonesia`s fresh pineapples enter Italian market

Indonesian fresh pineapples can now be consumed by Italian consumers after a container holding 18 tons of the ...

PT Garam director arrested over salt import misappropriation

President Director of state-owned salt firm PT Garam, Achmad Boediono, was arrested by police investigators in ...

Government to provide 60,000 hectares of land for garlic plantation

The Indonesian Government is to provide 60,000 hectares of land to grow garlic to increase the countrys production of ...

Government to realize self-sufficiency in garlic in 2019

The Agriculture Ministry has targeted to achieve self sufficiency in garlic in 2019, sooner than its previously set ...

Government imposes zero-dollar exit tax on CPO

The government has imposed a zero-dollar exit tax for crude palm oil (CPO) in June 2017, because the price of the ...