Indonesian Political, Business & Finance News

Archive: 4 October 2010

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Manufacturers, importers ready for Indonesian language labeling

Manufacturer associations have expressed readiness for implementation of a trade minister regulation on mandatory Indonesian language labeling for non-food and medicine products, which came into effect on Oct. 1.

As Indonesia Matures, Taiwan Sees ‘Ideal’ Investment Hot Spot

Jakarta. Indonesia expects annual investment from Taiwan to double to $2 billion next year, primarily in the textiles, manufacturing and infrastructure sectors, the head of the national investment board said on Friday.

Taiwan Eyes Investing in Indonesia

TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:The Taiwanese Economy Minister, Yen-Shiang Shih, has said that he feels Indonesia is one of the important investment destination countries in Southeast Asia.Indonesia was judged positive because it has a large domestic market, a low inflation rate, and it is rich in...

Indonesian Businessmen Very Optimistic

TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:The result of a survey carried out by Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) Trade Confidence Monitor during the second quarter of 2010 has showed that businessmen in Indonesia are very optimistic, and the index is even the third highest after India and United...

First Media to invest $75 mln in HDTV

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - PT First Media Tbk, publicly-listed Internet and pay-TV broadband access provider, said on Friday it has set aside US$75 million to develop high definition-based broadcast (HDTV).

RI`s imports down 3.21 pct in August

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesia`s imports in August fell 3.21 percent to US$12.22 billion from a month earlier, bringing imports in the first eight months of 2010 to US$87.78 billion, the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) said.

RI`s manufactured goods exports jump 34.7 pct

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesia`s manufactured goods exports in the first eight months of 2010 jumped 34.7 percent to US$61.4 billion from a year earlier on the global economic recovery, a minister said."The global economic recovery has raised demand for our manufactured goods.

Govt targets US$300 million in Trade Expo transactions

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The government has set itself a target of US$300 million in the 25th Trade Expo Indonesia (TEI) transactions which will be held at the Jakarta International Expo in Kemayoran on October 13-17, 2010, a minister said.

Govt to continue protecting oil palm development

Govt to continue protecting oil palm developmentJakarta (ANTARA News) - The government will continue to protect sustainable oil palm plantations and crude palm oil (CPO) industry and support steps to increase exports and to develop various CPO down stream industrial programs, a vice minister said.