Finance Minister Heeds Parliament's Call to Postpone Indian Pick-up Truck Imports

Tue, 24 Feb 2026, 20:54 WIB | Source: ANTARA_ID | Trade

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa has agreed with the statement made by Deputy Speaker of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Sufmi Dasco Ahmad, to postpone the plan to import 105,000 pick-up trucks from India for the needs of the Merah Putih Village Cooperative (KDMP) programme.

“Mr Dasco made a comment yesterday, and we will follow Mr Dasco’s suggestion,” Purbaya told reporters at the Ministry of Finance office in Jakarta on Tuesday.

Purbaya believes that President Prabowo Subianto has a clear stance on the plan, which is to promote domestic industry.

“In my opinion, the President’s aim should be to promote domestic industry. I think the President’s position is clear on this matter,” he said.

Dasco had previously urged the government to postpone the import plan.

According to him, the plan needs to be postponed because President Prabowo Subianto is currently on a working visit abroad. He is also confident that the President will discuss the details of the plan.

In addition, he believes that the President will also seek input and assess the readiness of domestic companies.

“Therefore, we have conveyed the message to postpone it for the time being,” Dasco said at the Parliament Complex in Jakarta on Monday (23 February).

News about the import of pick-up trucks by PT Agrinas Pangan Nusantara was announced by the Indian automotive company, Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd. (M&M), on their company website on 4 February 2026. M&M announced that it would supply 35,000 units of Scorpio pick-up trucks.

On 20 February 2026, the President Director of Agrinas Pangan Nusantara, Joao Angelo De Sousa Mota, confirmed to the media in the country the import of 105,000 vehicles from the Indian company.

The hundreds of thousands of vehicles consist of 35,000 units of 4x4 pick-up trucks from M&M, followed by 35,000 units of 4x4 pick-ups and 35,000 units of six-wheeled trucks from Tata Motors.

However, the President Director of Agrinas, Joao Angelo De Sousa Mota, said that his company is ready to follow the suggestion from the Indonesian House of Representatives to postpone the import of pick-up trucks from India.

He also assured that further action regarding the units that have arrived in Indonesia will still await official instructions from the government before being used or distributed.

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