''It is the domestic market, not the export market, that currently offers the most viable opportunities,'' says President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in his state of the nation address Friday."The economic growth (principle) we uphold is that of growth and equality to bring justice along with...

The Banten Provincial Government is optimistic that the bridge over Sunda Strait will raise economic growth by between 2 and 8 percent.The Banten Governor, Ratu Atut Chosiyah, said that the bridge would have an important role in improving economic growth in Banten and Lampung.

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono stressed here Friday that Indonesia should strengthen its domestic economy and domestic market."In the future we have to strengthen the domestic economy, the domestic market and we should never become dependent on potential exports as...

Over 90 percent of the 350,000 workers employed in Batam, Bintan and Karimun Special Economic Zones (SEZ) in the Riau Islands province have no access to adequate housing and live in slum areas.Head of the provincial manpower agency Azman Taufik said most workers could not afford to rent apartments,...

Mustaqim Adamrah, The Jakarta Post, JakartaSmuggled electronics have continually increased their grip on the domestic market in the last five years and may continue to beat local manufacturers due to “minimum effort in law enforcement”.

for the uninitiated, KADIN and the Dept of Trade are using SNI ("Indonesian National Standards") as a protectionist measure.

Mustaqim Adamrah, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) is calling on the government to extend a regulation on the terms and conditions of particular imported products and impose the mandatory implementation of Indonesian National Standards (SNI) on them...

The U.S. Trade and Development Agency awarded a $320,924 grant to PT Medco Downstream Indonesia on Wednesday to fund a feasibility study for a sweet sorghum-based ethanol production facility in Papua Province.