Jakarta (ANTARA News) - A soybean scarcity that happened early this year is predicted to fuel inflation in rest of January - something which could affect the government`s annual inflation target of 5 percent with plus or minus one percent. "This situation has the potential of fueling inflation," the National Development Planning Board`s Macro Planning Director Bambang Prijambodo said here on Tuesday.

Denpasar, Bali (ANTARA News) - Bali province in the first eleven months of 2007 exported US$461.9 million worth of non-oil/non-gas commodities, exceeding its target of US$458.7 million for the year. "I believe the foreign exchange earnings from Bali`s non-oil/non-gas exports will be 10 percent higher than the central government-set target," Head of the Foreign Trade Division at the Bali Industry and Trade Office Ni Wayan Kusumawathi said here Tuesday.

 Originally Posted By: KuKuKaChu Tofu, tempe factories in Bogor stop production "President SBY likes tofu and tempe very much. He has instructed the trade and agriculture ministers to meet tofu and tempe producers and deal with the price hike problem," presidential spokesman Andi Mallarangeng said after receiving representatives of tofu and tempe producers staging the rally in front of the Merdeka Palace.

Bogor, W Java (ANTARA News) - Most tofu and tempe (fermented soybean cake) producers have temporarily stopped production as a solidarity with their colleagues who staged a rally in front of the Merdeka Palace here on Monday following the recent soyabean highrocketing price.

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The government would lower the soybean import duty to lower the domestic price of soybean, Trade Minister Mari Elka Pangestu said here, Monday. "One concrete move that we can take is to lower the import duty from 10 percent to five or zero percent. We will calculate it later," the minister said after a talk with tofu and tempe (fermented soybean cake) producers at the Presidential Palace.

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesia plans to substitute around 10 percent of its fossil fuel transport consumption with biofuel products by 2010, a senior government official said on Monday. The resource-rich tropical nation has been pushing the use of biofuels made from various resources such as palm oil, sugar cane and cassava to cut the use of costly petroleum products.

Monday, 14 January, 2008 | 16:19 WIB TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: Several groups that are members of the Nine Associations Alliance are complaining about the government's attitude as regards the legalization of a listing fee or administration fee for registering goods. The fee was included in article 8 point 4g of Presidential Regulation No.112 regarding the Zoning and Management of Traditional Markets, Shopping Centers and Modern Markets, issued on December 27, 2007.