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This Week’s Headlines (Jul. 5 – 11, 2025)

Business-Indonesia This Week's Headlines Issue #169

11 Jul 2025
Beyond the Slowdown: The Digital and Green Turn in Indonesian Employment

In 2024, Indonesia’s gross domestic product grew by 5.03 percent, and labor force participation continued on a gradual upward trajectory. However, early 2025 brought mixed signs. The Manufacturing

11 Jul 2025
Indonesia and Brazil Strengthen Cooperation to Develop Bioethanol

Indonesia and Brazil have agreed to strengthen cooperation in the bioenergy sector, following President Prabowo Subianto’s state visit to Brazil.

10 Jul 2025
Indonesia Finalizes USD 34 Billion Trade Deal with US Amid Tariff Dispute

Indonesia has finalized a USD 34 billion commercial agreement with the United States involving energy and agricultural sectors, even as it prepares to re-engage in negotiations over a newly announced

09 Jul 2025
Indonesia Lobbies Trump to Cancel 32% Import Tariff

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto departed for Washington, D.C., United States, on Tuesday, July 8, to respond to the high import tariff policy that U.S. President Donald

08 Jul 2025
Indonesia and Saudi Arabia Sign IDR 434 Trillion Agreement

Indonesia and Saudi Arabia have signed a series of agreements and memorandums of understanding worth approximately USD 27 billion, equivalent to IDR 434 trillion.

03 Jul 2025

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Prabowo Approves 12% VAT Effective January 1, 2025, Limited to Luxury Goods

Representatives from the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) met with President Prabowo Subianto to discuss the implementation of the 12% Value-Added Tax (VAT), which has been decided to take ef

05 Dec 2024

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Indonesia Anticipates USD 1 Bn Investment from Apple Amid iPhone 16 Ban

Indonesia is set to receive a USD 1 billion investment commitment from Apple Inc., according to Investment and Downstreaming Minister Rosan Roeslani.

Indonesia's PMI Contracts for Five Consecutive Months, Lags Behind Other ASEAN Countries

The rating agency S&P Global reports that Indonesia's Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) has been in contraction for five consecutive months. The index rose from 49.2 in October to 49.6 in

03 Dec 2024

Business News

Manufacturing

This Week’s Headlines (Nov. 23 - 29, 2024)

Business-Indonesia's This Week's Headlines Issue #140

Luhut Signals 12% VAT Postponement, Focuses on Power Subsidies for Middle Class

Chairman of the National Economic Council (DEN) Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan has indicated that the planned increase in Value-Added Tax (VAT) to 12% on January 1, 2025, will likely be postponed.

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