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Investment in 2025 Reaches IDR 1,905 Trillion, Creates 2.7 Million Jobs

The Ministry of Investment recorded total realized investment throughout 2025 at IDR 1,931.2 trillion. The figure represents an increase of 12.7% compared with the 2024 realization of IDR 1,714.2

15 Jan 2026
Indonesia’s Semiconductor Push Opens a Path for Optics and Photonics Companies

In early 2026, the government confirmed that semiconductors are no longer treated as a long-term aspiration but as a strategic industry tied to digital competitiveness, industrial resilience, and

15 Jan 2026
Indonesia to Maintain B40 Biodiesel Mandate as Palm Oil Prices Rise

Indonesia will maintain its mandatory B40 biodiesel blending policy this year, as plans to raise the mandate to B50 remain under further study, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga

14 Jan 2026
Prabowo Inaugurates USD 7.4 Bn Balikpapan Refinery Upgrade

President Prabowo Subianto inaugurated the Refinery Development Master Plan (RDMP) Balikpapan project in East Kalimantan on January 12. The project represents a major modernization of Refinery Unit

13 Jan 2026
This Week’s Headlines (Jan. 3 – Jan. 9, 2026)

Indonesia cuts coal output plans, extends income tax relief for workers, and Unilever divests SariWangi in IDR 1.5 trillion deal in This Week’s Headlines.

09 Jan 2026
Prabowo Targets Seizure of 4-5 Million Hectares of Illegal Oil Palm and Mining Land

President Prabowo Subianto plans to seize four to five million hectares (ha) of illegal land in 2026. The illegal land targeted for seizure includes palm oil plantations and illegal mining areas.

08 Jan 2026
Govt: Coal Export Tax to Take Effect Starting January 2026

Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa stated that the government will impose an export duty or coal export tax ranging from 1% to 5% starting January 1, 2026.

16 Dec 2025

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Indonesia remains committed to driving energy efficiency in industries, transport, homes

Lately, the Indonesian capital of Jakarta has been seeing itself starring in many headlines around the world for the wrong reason: that of being one of the world’s most polluted cities on Earth

Energy Efficiency in Industry

Energy Transition

Indonesia Regulates Restriction on Social Media E-commerce

Indonesia will restrict the sale of goods on social media through the revision of Minister of Trade Regulation 50 of 2020, which regulates the rules of e-commerce in Indonesia.

Digital Economy

This Week's Headlines (Sep 16 - 22, 2023)

Business-Indonesia This Week’s Headlines Issue #89

Decentralized Energy Supply

Energy Transition

Indonesia’s economic growth draws ECAs from Germany, Austria, Swiss

Jointly organized by official Export Credit Agencies (ECAs) Euler-Hermes from Germany, OeKB from Austria, and SERV from Switzerland, the ECAs joined forces for an important step in further promoting t

22 Sep 2023

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Indonesia Sets First Carbon Trade Next Week

Indonesia will kick off its first carbon trade on September 26, 2023, seeking to provide funding for carbon reduction initiatives as well as offer businesses and financial institutions a way to reduce

20 Sep 2023

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