Indonesia
Indonesia’s crude palm oil exports rise 14% in July
JAKARTA: Indonesia's crude palm oil (CPO) output likely rose 14 percent in July, according to a Reuters survey, its third...
BANPU’s 2Q coal revenues decrease in Indonesia
JAKARTA: BANPU’s Indonesian coal mines delivered saleable coal production of 6.24 million t in 2Q16, according to the company’s latest...
Indonesian govt sets Rp1,737.6t revenue target in 2017
JAKARTA: The Indonesian government has set a revenue target in its Draft 2017 State Budget at Rp1,737.6 trillion, expenditures at...
Indonesian president presents 2017 budget
JAKARTA: Indonesian President Joko Widodo presented a proposed 2017 budget that lifts spending a little while looking realistic about revenue...
Tax break to help car sales
JAKARTA: A tax amnesty could boost industrywide car sales in Indonesia by a fifth, as people spend their newly declared...
Indonesian police foil smuggling attempt
JAKARTA: Parepare Police have foiled two attempts to smuggle crystal methamphetamine via Nusantara Parepare Port, South Sulawesi in August. The...
X-Ray screening system needed to prevent drug smuggling via Parepare Port: Police
SOUTH SULAWESI: South Sulawesi Police chief Insp.Gen.Anton Charliyan said Nusantara Parepare Port must be immediately equipped with an X-ray screening...
BNN discovers 72 drug cartels invading Indonesia
JAKARTA: An anti-drug body said on Monday it has discovered 72 international drug cartels to have been operating in Indonesia,...
Cigarette tax hike may promote circulation of illegal products: Indef
JAKARTA: A motion to increase the price of cigarettes from the current Rp 15,000 (US$1.14) to Rp 50,000 per pack,...
Indonesian president for investigating police role in smuggling
JAKARTA: Indonesian President Joko Widodo, has ordered an investigation into allegations of police involvement in drug trafficking. Claims that military...
Indonesia asks India to help stop smuggling
JAKARTA: Indonesias anti-narcotic drugs agency (BNN) met with Narcotic Control Bureau of India in New Delhi on Wednesday to discuss...
Indonesia urges to take action on bird smuggling
JAKARTA: A wildlife trade monitoring group has called on Indonesia to take strong action against traders of endangered birds who...
Indonesia may increase income and corporate taxes
JAKARTA: No one in this world likes to pay taxes, no matter how generous they are. The problem with taxes...
Indonesia-Ukraine sign military technology accord
KIEV: Indonesia and Ukraine have signed an agreement to expand co-operation in defence trade and military technologies, official statements in...
3 Malaysians arrested for allegedly smuggling 1.9 kg crystal meth
LOMBOK: Three Malaysian citizens, one of whom is a pregnant woman, have been arrested by customs and excise officers at...
Indonesia’s Q2 GDP growth comes 5.2 percent
JAKARTA: Indonesia’s gross domestic product during the second quarter of this year remained above market expectations, supported by higher government...
Police foil attempt to smuggle hundreds of LPG canisters into NTBA
JAKARTA: Officers with the Mataram Police have aborted an alleged attempt to smuggle hundreds of 3-kilogram liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)...
Indonesia’s GDP grows 4.92 to 5.18 percent in Q2
JAKARTA: Indonesia's economy grew a speedier than-anticipated 5.18 percent in the second quarter from a year prior, on account of...
Man admits to smuggling firearms to Indonesian guards
JAKARTA: A man has admitted to his role in a conspiracy to illegally purchase guns in New Hampshire and Maine...
Indonesian Customs thwarts attempt to smuggle 178 grams drugs
JAKARTA: The customs officers at the Sultan Iskandar Muda Airport in Blangbintang, Aceh, thwarted an attempt to smuggle 178 grams...
