Indonesia

Indonesia’s new FX lock-up rule could tilt the field – supercharge state banks, squeeze private lenders

Starting Jan 1, exporters of coal, palm oil and nickel must keep all export proceeds in state-owned banks for at least a year

Minted bars will face the lowest duties, while the highest duties are set for dore, or semi-pure ingots.

Indonesia to levy gold export duties from Dec 23

The taxes will rise to between 10% and 15% once the reference price reaches US$3,200 per troy ounce

Bali is the main driver of international tourists to Indonesia, accounting for 45 per cent of the 1.3 million arrivals in October, official data show.

Indonesia pushes back on Bali’s plan to ban Airbnb rentals

Regulators will instead encourage owners of villas and guest houses to get proper licences

Indonesian officials told US trade representative Jamieson Greer (pictured) that Jakarta cannot agree to some binding commitments in the trade deal, FT said.

US trade deal with Indonesia at risk of collapse, US official says

[WASHINGTON] A US trade agreement reached with Indonesia in July is at risk of collapsing because Jakarta has backtracked on several commitments it made as part of the deal, a US official said on Tues...

As of Tuesday afternoon, the death toll had reached 20.

Fire breaks out at seven-storey building in Jakarta, 20 dead

The fire erupted on the first floor at around midday

The task force has seized 3.7 million hectares of plantations and more than 5,300 hectares of mining operations, with a target to reach 4 million hectares by the end of the year.

Indonesia fines dozens of palm oil, mining companies US$2.3 billion for operating in forest areas

The task force handed over 1.5 million hectares of plantations to state firm Agrinas Palma Nusantara

The stations ran dry in October amid import restrictions imposed by the Indonesian government on private retailers such as Shell, BP and Vivo Energy.

Shell resumes Indonesian sales after restrictions curbed supply

The company has about 200 gas stations across the country

Indonesia is among the world’s leading adopters of cryptocurrency.

Robinhood to enter Indonesia with brokerage, crypto trader acquisition

The country has more than 19 million capital market investors and 17 million cryptocurrency traders

Cirebon-1 in West Java had been due to be retired almost seven years early under an agreement between Indonesia’s government, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and other partners.

Indonesia coal plant seen as flagship for fuel’s exit scraps early closure

[JAKARTA] A coal-fired power plant in Indonesia scheduled to close down early and act as a flagship for efforts to shift Asia’s economies away from the fossil fuel has scrapped proposals to shutter ah...