Despite the Chinese market contributing only 14% of tourism arrivals, their spending remained the highest and helped distribute income more widely, while the tourism sector is urged to adapt to challenges expected to persist into next year.
Laos could present a real challenge to other players in China’s vast durian market due to its low costs and logistical advantages
Clean-power manufacturers from China have been expanding in Indonesia, could seize more opportunities with cross-border projects
Deputy Minister of Agriculture Sudaryono stated that Indonesia will focus on sugar, eggs, and chicken meat self-sufficiency in 2026, following the expected achievement of rice and corn self-sufficiency by the end of 2025.
Indonesian shrimp exports declined sharply in October, largely due to recalls of Indonesian products which were found, upon their arrival in the United States, to contain traces of Cesium-137 (Cs-137), a radioactive material.
Trade Minister Budi Santoso projected the trade between Indonesia and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) to increase by 100 percent after the ratification of the Indonesia-EAEU Free Trade Agreement (I-EAEU FTA) by year-end.
In Thailand, the price of 5% broken rice has surged to around $400/ton this weekend, compared to $375/ton last week, reaching its highest level since the end of May 2025.
The share of Malaysia's exports to the United States that are subject to reciprocal tariffs has fallen sharply from the equivalent of 12.4 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) to 4.6 per cent, analysts said.
<p>Time: November 2025<br /> By: WTO and International Trade Group, Legal Department – VCCI</p>
