Video: AmCham Reveals Challenges in Indonesia-US Trade Amid War
CNBC Indonesia hosted the Food Summit 2026 titled “Indonesia Food Safety Urgency: Towards a New Policy Framework”, aimed at fostering shared understanding, strengthening synergies among stakeholders, and formulating strategic recommendations to bolster the national food security and quality system.
Bara Krishna Hasibuan, Special Staff to the Minister for Digital Transformation and Inter-Institutional Relations, discussed the government’s steps to ensure food stock security and price stability amid global volatility at the Food Summit 2026.
The government is promoting the production of key food commodities, targeting self-sufficiency in four commodities—rice, salt, sugar, and corn—by 2027. Facing these global tensions, the government is wary of the war’s impact on imported food commodities such as wheat and soybeans, related to the global supply chain.
In addition to direct food imports, the government is also monitoring fertiliser raw materials affected by war volatility, particularly phosphate, sulphur, and potassium, and is currently seeking domestic alternatives that can be produced locally.
Regarding national fertiliser production amid the Middle East conflict, Dwi Satriyo Annurogo, Operations Director of PT Pupuk Indonesia (Persero), stated that Pupuk Indonesia’s current production stands at 14.8 million tons to support domestic food production, namely urea and NPK.
For urea fertiliser, the raw material comes from domestic natural gas, with a production target of 7.8 million tons while the need is only 6.3 million tons, allowing the surplus to be exported to Australia. However, for NPK fertiliser, the specific sulphur raw material relies on Gulf countries, so it will be replaced with sulphuric acid from Freeport and Aman Mineral.
From the American Chamber of Commerce in Indonesia, Donna Priadi, Managing Director of AmCham Indonesia, revealed the impact of geopolitical and global economic volatility on Indonesia-US trade, as it disrupts logistics and the global supply chain.
Indonesian businesses face challenges and supply disruptions for raw materials related to logistics costs and permitting, thus hoping for government support regarding regulatory certainty and fostering an investment climate.
For more details, watch the dialogue between Andi Shalini and Special Staff to the Minister for Digital Transformation and Inter-Institutional Relations, Bara Krishna Hasibuan, as well as Operations Director of PT Pupuk Indonesia (Persero), Dwi Satriyo Annurogo, and Managing Director of AmCham Indonesia, Donna Priadi, at the Food Summit 2026, CNBC Indonesia (Monday, 20/04/2026).