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Asean Power Grid projects could attract more Chinese investor interest in 2026

17 tháng 12. 2025

Clean-power manufacturers from China have been expanding in Indonesia, could seize more opportunities with cross-border projects

Indonesia targets sugar, egg, chicken meat self-sufficiency in 2026

17 tháng 12. 2025

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.

Indonesia’s shrimp exports declined in October thanks to radioactivity concerns

17 tháng 12. 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. 

Indonesia eyes 100-percent trade rise with EAEU after FTA deal

15 tháng 12. 2025

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.

Thai rice prices hit a six-month high

15 tháng 12. 2025

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.

Malaysia's US tariff exposure drops to 4.6pct of GDP, among Asean's lowest

15 tháng 12. 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.

The Commodification of Pollution: Why Carbon Emissions Trading Could Harm Indonesia

15 tháng 12. 2025

Increasing carbon emissions and the global climate crisis have transcended mere environmental concerns to become integrated with the dynamics of international trade, manifesting in part as environmental protectionism.

Indonesia’s tin exports surge as supply concerns dissipate

15 tháng 12. 2025

Indonesia’s exports of tin recovered in November, in a sign that concerns are easing over supply disruptions caused by the country’s crackdown on illegal mining.