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The Indonesian Foreign Minister and WIPO Director General Agree to Strengthen Intellectual Property Cooperation
On 12 August 2025, the Indonesian Foreign Minister Sugiono welcomed the Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Daren Tang, to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs office in Jakarta. The meeting focused on the development of Indonesia's innovation ecosystem and opportunities to leverage intellectual property to drive national…
Indonesia Plans to Expand Export Markets to Africa
On 12 August 2025, the Minister of Trade, Budi Santoso, stated that Indonesia would continue to expand its export markets for domestically produced goods beyond Europe, America, and Latin America, as well as Africa. In pursuit of its strategic objective to expand Indonesian exports to Africa, the Indonesian government has…
Indonesia Exports Thousands of Tons of Gravel, a Commodity in High Demand in the United States and Japan
Gravel is one of Indonesia's major export commodities. According to the Indonesia Statistics (Badan Pusat Statistik/BPS) 2020–2024 Export Commodity Analysis, in 2024, the value of Indonesia's gravel exports reached USD 55.3 million (around IDR 900 billion). Over the past five years, the value of gravel exports has grown relatively stable.…
Indonesia and ASEAN Aim to Complete Substantive ASEAN DEFA This Year
Indonesia, together with ASEAN member states, is targeting the substantive completion of the ASEAN Digital Economy Framework Agreement (DEFA) in 2025. The initiative, discussed at the 48th High Level Task Force on ASEAN Economic Integration (HLTF-EI) in Malaysia, seeks to harmonize digital economy regulations across the region to accelerate growth.…
