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RI, Japan to intensify coop for development of manufacturing sector

Indonesia and Japan concurred on steadily increasing comprehensive cooperation to develop the manufacturing sector ...

Jokowi seeks ideas from businessmen to boost economy

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and a delegation of the Indonesian Businessmen's Association (Apindo) held a ...

All countries experience a slowdown in exports: trade minister

Minister of Trade Enggartiasto Lukita has said that all countries experience a slowdown in exports following the ...

Government directs sights on investment to improve trade deficit

Coordinating Economic Affairs Minister Darmin Nasution has promoted export-based investment and import substitution as ...

Chunky trade deficit in April exerts pressure on rupiah

The rupiah faltered against the US dollar in the Jakarta interbank spot market on Wednesday evening after being hit ...

Indonesia's April trade balance nosedives to US$2.5 billion deficit

The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) reported that Indonesia experienced a trade deficit of US$2.5 billion in April ...

Indonesia's first-quarter current account deficit in 2019 shrinks: BI

Indonesia's current account deficit narrowed to US$7 billion in the first quarter (Q1) of 2019, thereby making its ...

Indonesia, Argentina push for economic cooperation

The governments of Indonesia and Argentina are striving to encourage increased economic ties, including in the fields ...

Kalla holds bilateral meet with Chinese VP before visiting Jinping

Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla held a bilateral meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wang Qishan in Beijing, ...

Indonesia, China ink trade protocol for export of mangosteen

Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno L. P. Marsudi and Chinese Customs and Excise Minister Ni Yue Feng inked a trade ...

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 ...

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 ...

Rupiah exchange rate inches closer to Rp14,000 per US dollar

The Indonesian rupiah inched close to Rp14 thousand per US dollar in the Jakarta interbank market, Monday morning, ...

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The Presidential Candidates' strategies to boost economic performance

There are some major differences in how two Indonesian presidential candidates envisioned the future of Indonesian ...

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 ...