The Policies on Manufacturing and Trade

Development in manufacturing and trade refers to the Basic State Guidelines (GBHN) of 2000-2004, with a vision to develop the people's economy as a backbone of national development. In this  more...

Domestic Trade Policy

The policy of domestic trade covers efforts to accelerate good distribution in order to stabilize prices and control inflation rate. It also aims to expand marketing of domestic production in the context of augmenting producer trade income, securing consumer protection, improving business acumen in implementing partnership in the context of a fair business competition as well as expanding access of information.

Overseas Trade Policy

To determine the annual exports target, the policies were discussed with Senior Officials of the government (economic ministerial level). The Government encourages the analyses concerning potential of generating foreign exchange and earnings primary export commodities; arranging a comprehensive export to increase programs; diseminating international price and information on primary export Commodities through mass media; improving the role of associations to augment exports by taking actual steps in improving the association's capabilities in searching alternatives not contrary to the World Trade Organization (WTO).

International Industrial and Trade Cooperation

The Government has been playing an active role in multilateral convention to strengthen Indonesia’s position at the international level as well as to gain facilities for domestic businesses in gaining access to international markets. The Government had strived to reduce trade barriers in the form of tariff and non-tariff, to smoothen the country’s export flow; take part on trade disputes settlement in the WTO panels; as coordinator for commodity cooperation organizations, such as the International Rubber Organization (INRO), Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries, International Pepper Community (IPC), and the Asia Pacific Coconut Community (APCC).

Regional cooperation has been maintained among other things through the Nineteenth Session of the Coordinating Committee on Services, Study on Liberalization in other regions, such as the North American Free Trade area (NAFTA).

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