Investors from South Korea, Taiwan and China will build 22 footwear factories in Indonesia in 2010, providing jobs for more than 60,000 people, according to an official. Industry Ministry secretary-general Ansari Bukhari said the footwear manufacturers had expressed their intentions to set up production facilities in Indonesia and had asked for government support to ensure [...]
The government will soon apply Indonesia Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) standards nationwide to sharpen the competitive edge of the commodity in the international market, an official said. “I have heard ISPO will be made mandatory. So far, RSPO (Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil) has been applied voluntarily,” Deputy Trade Minister Mahendra Siregar said here on [...]
Crude palm oil and rubber are commodities Indonesia could rely on to deal with the Asean-China Free Trade Agreement, an Agriculture Ministry official said here on Friday. “Indonesia is a leading producer of raw materials. Plantation products and rice are actually our strength,” the Agriculture Ministry`s secretary general, Hasanuddin Ibrahim, said at Agrinex International Expo [...]
