Bank Indonesia or BI encourages export-import actors to make more use of Local Currency Settlement (LCS).

The flow of goods through the Tanjung Priok Port is feared to decline as logistics activities around Tanah Abang are crippled.

Octopus exports from East Nusa Tenggara Province to China reached 24 tons in January 2019.

Sri Lanka has halted imports of Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder until the company proves its product is free from cancer-causing asbestos.

Indonesia is able to free itself from corn import dependency to the current export of 372,000 tons in 2018.

Freeport Indonesia's copper concentrate export is expected to free fall following the drop in production this year.

Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti hailed
fisheries transportation as the main key in increasing
Indonesia`s revenue.

Indonesia and China have signed a Mutual Recognition Agreement,
allowing China to use Tanjung Priok as a gateway to export their
horticultural product

Reports on the beef import graft shows that consumers are saddled with sky-high
meat prices while local farmers are left with just a small price gain.

Officials suggest the government to separate export and import
ports to solve the ongoing dwelling time problem.