Indonesia Achieves Highest Export Record Since Independence Tuesday, 04 July, 2006 | 12:48 WIB TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: Indonesia achieved export value amounting to US$8.34 billion in May this year, a 9.79 percent increase over the previous month. The export value is the highest ever since the country’s independence. According to Rusman Heriawan, Head of the Central Statistics Bureau (BPS), if this is compared to the same period last year, May’s export value rose by 16.10 percent.

Fahmi Proposes Tax Holiday Tuesday, 04 July, 2006 | 12:45 WIB TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: Industry Minister Fahmi Idris believes tax holiday incentives (tax exemptions within a certain period) are necessary to be included in the Investment Bill.

Government blamed for messy port management Rendi Akhmad Witular, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Small domestic-bound ports that manage international containers are to blame for the massive scale of smuggling in the country and are preventing international ports from providing better services, an Indonesian shipping association has said.

Bio-diesel may reduce oil bills by 10% up to 2010 The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government is targeting a 10 percent reduction in the country's consumption of oil-based fuels by 2010 from the current level of 41 million kiloliters (kl) by promoting the production and use of bio-diesel.