An association representing four industries, namely ceramic tile, glass, glove and oleochemical, have demanded that the government fulfill its promise to lower gas prices and help them become more competitive both in the domestic and international markets. “It is regrettable that the regulation has not been implemented. It has caused extended deindustrialization,” said Flat Glass […]
Read MoreThe government believes the manufacturing sector will be the new engine of economic growth for Indonesia and will, therefore, focus on its development in the next five years. National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) head Bambang Brodjonegoro said developing the manufacturing sector was vital to increasing Indonesia’s potential GDP growth and, at least, maintain the growth […]
Read MoreTokopedia continued to attract the most website visitors on average, with up to 168 million visits, which is an increase of almost 10 percent from the previous quarter. (Shutterstock/William Potter) Indonesia’s e-commerce scene is surely an exciting one. Last year, its online market transactions were recorded as the highest in Southeast Asia, with sales volumes reaching […]
Read MoreJAKARTA: Indonesia posted better than forecast GDP growth in the October-December quarter and for the full-year, but the outlook in 2019 looks less rosy as South-East Asia’s largest economy braces for elections and likely spillover from US-China trade frictions. Consumption, investment and government spending lifted gross domestic product in the final quarter of 2018 by […]
Read MoreOnline booking platforms are vying for new innovations to attract younger customers amid the rapid development of the digital market dominated by millennials. Online booking service Tiket.com, for example, is diversifying its products through its mobile application and organizing events to attract millennials. “With such products, we aim to expand our market through fun, fast […]
Read MoreMaritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti is calling on the Japanese government to remove import tariffs from Indonesian fishery products. Susi made the request when meeting with Japanese businesspeople at the ministry in Jakarta on Tuesday. She said Indonesian fishery products faced 7 percent import tariffs to enter the Japanese market, even though Japan was […]
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