MSMEs contributed 60.3 per cent of Indonesia’s total GDP in 2017, and absorbed 97 per cent of the total workforce and 99 per cent of total employment.
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‘Major project’ status from the federal government will help the approval process for the $22 billion Australian ASEAN Power Link using high-volume direct current (HVDC) technology.
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Part one of this interview examines the Australia-Indonesia relationship, opportunities and challenges for business, IA-CEPA, and the status of Indonesia’s mining and resources sector.
Australian feed grain growers now enjoy sole foreign access to Indonesia and an open and transparent quota filling system under IA-CEPA.
While deeply rooted in oil and gas, energy relations between the Gulf and Indonesia are increasingly moving toward renewables such as solar.
This PAIR Overview takes a deep dive into South Sulawesi and its people and infrastructure, illustrating the importance of the province to Indonesia’s future.
Australian wheat is geographically close and well suited for noodles, but dependency on it poses a risk for Indonesia’s food self-sufficiency.
The Chinese video-sharing platform wants to capture as many of Indonesia’s 6 million SMEs as possible with its new advertising service for businesses.
The lack of clarity on the tenor of bonds the BI will buy and how it will subsequently get rid of these bond holdings have analysts worried.
The saying goes as one door closes another one opens. That may be one of Australia’s answers to our lack of on-going trade with mainland China.
Without funding reform or government intervention, the nation’s third-largest industry and greatest contributor to research and development will severely retract.
The country’s export to Australia still rose 15.69 percent YoY to $920 million in the January-May period, when export to major trade partners was mostly down.
“We are running out of time to save the economy,” said Rosan Roeslani, chairman of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. “The government’s stimulus spending is super slow.”
The Trade Ministry expects a boost in the export of some Indonesian products to Australia, such as textiles, automotive products, electronics, fish products and communication tools, as the trade pact is now in effect.
