Indonesian Commercial Newsletter back issues from July 2007:
Food processing industry in era of globalization.(FOCUS)
Jul 01, 2007 ... Food manufacturing industry came to the spotlight lately after manufactured food products from China were reported to contain dangerous chemicals. Indonesian authorities said Chinese food products were found to contain chemicals that could cause health hazard such as formalin. Indonesia is ...
Development of wheat flour industry in Indonesia.(INDUSTRY PROFILE)
Jul 01, 2007 ... Current Issue Wheat flour industry is an intermediate industry processing wheat grain into flour to be used as feedstock for various food processing industries including wet noodle, instant noodle, bread and biscuit industries. Wheat grain is imported as wheat does not grow well ...
Development of biscuit industry in Indonesia.(Industry Profile)
Jul 01, 2007 ... Current issue The operation of foreign producers of world major brands such as Oreo, Tim Tam, Ritz, etc. marked the start of foreign investment in biscuit industry in the country. Meanwhile, mergers between world class producers like Arnott's biscuit Co. Ltd and ...
Development of instant noodle industry in Indonesia.(Industry Profile)
Jul 01, 2007 ... Backgrounds Current Issue Instant noodle industry using wheat flour as the basic material has expanded rapidly in Indonesia after the government abolished monopoly in held by state-owned Board of Logistic (Bulog) in wheat grain and wheat flour trade in September, ...
Indofood Group a giant in food industry.(COMPANY PROFILE)(Sound recording review)(Company overview)
Jul 01, 2007 ... Backgrounds The Indofood Group is the country's largest producer of manufactured food with main products including instant noodle, wheat flour, cooking oil, margarine and vegetable fats. In instant noodle and wheat flour industries Indofood is the largest in the world in ...
Bakery industry dominated by cottage industries.(INDUSTRY)
Jul 01, 2007 ... Bread and other bakery products have become a popular food products in Indonesia. Bakery industry was introduced in the country by European colonizers. Bakery industry in Indonesia grew from cottage industry with traditional system in the process of production to large and ...
Development of film plastic industry depends on food industry.(Industry)
Jul 01, 2007 ... Current Issue Based on a survey by Data Consult, film plastic requirement of flexible packaging industry and rotogravure printing (converting industry) for food packaging is 55% of the country's total film plastic requirement. The fact makes the survival of the ...
Antam & China to invest US$ 500 MLN in Alumina factory.(CORPORATE NEWS IN BRIEF)
Jul 01, 2007 ... PT Aneka Tambang (Antam) will team up with a Chinese investor to build a Grade Alumina smelter in Bintan with an investment of US$ 500 million. The factory will have an annual production capacity of 400,000 tons of alumina. The factory is to start operation in 2010 ....
Garuda ends years of being in the red.(CORPORATE NEWS IN BRIEF)
Jul 01, 2007 ... PT Garuda Indonesia ended three years of being in the red with a net profit of Rp 148 billion in the first half of this year as against a loss of Rp 316 billion in the same period last year. "This a good start," said Emirsyah Sattar, President the nation's flag carrier, which had been in ...
Inco to build new nickel smelters to cost US$ 2.5 bln.(CORPORATE NEWS IN BRIEF)
Jul 01, 2007 ... PT International Nickel Indonesia (Inco) said it will build two nickel processing plants with an investment of US$ 2.5 billion. The factories will be built in Soroako in South Sulawesi and Pomalaa in Southeast Sulawesi, where the subsidiary of Canada's INCO Limited has large nickel mines ....
Emaar set to go ahead with Lombok US$ 800 mln project.(CORPORATE NEWS IN BRIEF)(Emaar International Properties LLC)
Jul 01, 2007 ... Emaar International Properties LLC shows it is set to go ahead with long planned property project valued at US$ 800 million in Lombok, Indonesia. The Dubai-based property company moved closer to implementing the project when one of its top officials set the date for ground breaking ...
BII considers merger with Bank Danamon.(CORPORATE NEWS IN BRIEF)
Jul 01, 2007 ... Two major banks controlled by the same majority shareholders are considering merger to comply with Bank Indonesia's single presence policy. Henry Ho, President of Bank International Indonesia (BII), which is 56.79% owned by the Temasek Group of Singapore is studying possible merger with ...
Asian Agri to expand oil palm plantations in Kalimantan.(CORPORATE NEWS IN BRIEF)
Jul 01, 2007 ... ASIAN AGRI TO EXPAND OIL PALM PLANTATIONS IN KALIMANTAN PT Asian Agri will spend Rp 1.3 trillion (US$ 144.4 million) in its expansion plan to open 50,000 hectares of oil palm plantations and build five units of crude palm oil processing plants in South, West and East Kalimantan. The ...
Bank Mandiri set for big acquisition.(CORPORATE NEWS IN BRIEF)
Jul 01, 2007 ... The country's largest bank, PT Bank Mandiri, said it will acquire banks, general insurance companies and financing firms in the next two years. It is time for the state bank to start expansion after spending much time in handling non performing credits in the past two years, a bank ...
Yamaha retakes lead putting Honda behind again.(CORPORATE NEWS IN BRIEF)
Jul 01, 2007 ... Yamaha took another long leap regaining lead in motorcycle sales in the country putting behind Honda in July, the association of motorcycle industry (AISI) said. Yamaha took the lead from the long dominating Honda for the first time in March but lost the grip in April before regaining in ...
FTZ status attracts investors to Batam.(ECONOMIC NEWS IN BRIEF)(free trade zone )(Brief article)
Jul 01, 2007 ... Tens of companies agreed to invest US$ 1.797 billion in Batam and neighboring islands Bintan and Karimun in Riau Kepulauan after the government agreed to give the status of free trade zone for the three islands. Kepulauan Riau Governor Ismeth Abdullah said there were 20 companies signing ...
Indonesian airliners allowed to continue flying to Saudi Arabia.(ECONOMIC NEWS IN BRIEF)
Jul 01, 2007 ... Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) has decided it will not ban Indonesian airliners from landing in that country. Earlier GACA said it would follow the policy of the European Union (EU), which bans Indonesian airlines from serving flight to that region for security reason ....
Government revokes 678 regional regulations.(ECONOMIC NEWS IN BRIEF)(Brief article)
Jul 01, 2007 ... The home affairs ministry has revoked 678 regulations issued by 33 regional administrations in the past five years. The regulations were against and not in line with those issued by the central government, Fauzie Rafei, director of regional investment and income administration, said ....
Royalty system used in geothermal power contracts.(ECONOMIC NEWS IN BRIEF)(Brief article)
Jul 01, 2007 ... The government may no longer use production split system with geothermal power contractors, instead it will set royalty of 2%-2.5% of the sales of power. Sugiharto Harsoprayitno, director for geothermal and ground water development, said the plan has been proposed to the finance ministry, ...
Ri-Australia move closer to having FTA.(ECONOMIC NEWS IN BRIEF)
Jul 01, 2007 ... RI-AUSTRALIA MOVE CLOSER TO HAVING FTA. Indonesia and Australia are moving closer to having free trade agreement (FTA) by agreeing to carry out joint feasibility study. A joint feasibility study will be made to be completed before mid 2008, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said after a ...
Govt bans domination of oil palm plantations.(ECONOMIC NEWS IN BRIEF)
Jul 01, 2007 ... The government plans to restrict holding companies from dominating oil palm plantations to prevent possible establishment of cartel or monopoly. Agriculture Minister Anton Apriyantono said the restriction plan will be discussed between related government agencies, but he refused to give ...
Directory of food industry in Indonesia.(APPENDICES)(Directory)
Jul 01, 2007 ... <Pre> APPENDICES DIRECTORY OF FOOD INDUSTRY IN INDONESIA Arnott's Indonesia, PT Head office:Jl. H. Wahab Km. 28 No. 8 Kel. Medan Satria, Bekasi Phone: (021)-8854136 Fax No.:(021)-8840815; 8845722 ...
1. Inflation Indonesia by group of commodities, 2006-May 2007 (2002=100).(ECONOMIC INDICATORS)
Jul 01, 2007 ... <Pre> 1. Inflation Indonesia by Group of Commodities, 2006-May 2007 (2002=100) Year/ FoodPrepared Housing, MonthStuff Food, Water, Beverage, Electricity, Cigarette, Gas and ...
Monthly Indonesia's consumers price indices and inflations, 2005-2006, March 2007 (2002 = 100).(ECONOMIC INDICATORS)
Jul 01, 2007 ... <Pre> Monthly Indonesia's Consumers Price Indices and Inflations, 2005-2006, March 2007 (2002 = 100) Months2005 2006 CPI Inflations CPI Inflations January 118.53 1.43 138.72...
2. Oil prices.(ECONOMIC INDICATORS)
Jul 01, 2007 ... <Pre> 2. OIL PRICES ITEM Market Latest Date Price 1. CRUDE OIL SPOTPRICE(US$/Barrel) - Sumatran Light 1) Tokyo 07/31/2007 54.15 - Arabian Light 2)Europe ...
3. Foreign exchange and gold price in Jakarta.(ECONOMIC INDICATORS)
Jul 01, 2007 ... <Pre> 3. FOREIGN EXCHANGE AND GOLD PRICE IN JAKARTA ITEM 1 monthToday 08-06-2007 ago A. FOREIGN EXCHANGE (RUPIAH) US$ Buying8,832 ...
4. The Indonesian economic trends.(ECONOMIC INDICATORS)(Statistical table)
Jul 01, 2007 ... <Pre> 4. THE INDONESIAN ECONOMIC TRENDS Items 2003r) 2004r)2005r) 1. The growth rate of GDP 4.0 5.15.6(% p.a.)- GDP per capita (US$) 1,116 1,207 1,320- GNP per capita (US$) ...