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Indonesia’s Textile Industry Hangs by a Thread

Monday, October 27, 2025

Indonesia’s textile industry keeps taking hits from imported goods. A reality far from the government’s narrative of growth.

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Workers complete the making of t-shirts at the Sinergi Adv garment convection, Srengseng Sawah, Jakarta, Monday, October 28, 2024. Tempo/Ilham Balindra. tempo : 177061274955.

FOR nearly two months, Nandi Herdiman’s garment workshop in Majalaya, Bandung Regency, West Java, has sat idle. He halted production on purpose. Some 7,000 T-shirts and jerseys have piled up in his warehouse, unsold. “Online and offline markets are still dominated by cheap products from China,” said the General Chair of the Indonesian Association of Convection Entrepreneurs (IPKB) on Monday, October 13, 2025.

He noted that sale

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Caesar Akbar

Caesar Akbar, Ghoida Rahmah, Ilona Estherina, and Adil Al Hasan contributed to the writing of this article.

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