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Lobbying for More Imports

Monday, April 21, 2025

The Indonesian government will add imports from the USA, seeking tariff discounts.

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Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto shakes hands with United States Trade Representative Jamieson Lee Greer (left) in the United States, April 18, 2025. Coordinating Ministry of Economic Affairs doc. . tempo : 174670976646.

TEXTILE producers are designing new strategies after the Indonesian government negotiated with its United States counterpart, which is seeking to push for higher tariffs. One way is to increase the import of cotton, a basic textile ingredient. “Imports will go up to 50 percent from the current 17 percent,” said Indonesian Employers Association Trade Division Head Anne Patricia Sutanto, also Pan Brothers’s Vice Chief Executi

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Anastasya Lavenia contributed to the writing of this article. 

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