Indonesia morning news for November 29

Doomed Lion Air jet was ‘not airworthy’ on penultimate flight A Lion Air jet that crashed into the sea off Indonesia last month was not in an airworthy condition on its second-to-last flight, when pilots […]

Doomed Lion Air jet was ‘not airworthy’ on penultimate flight A Lion Air jet that crashed into the sea off Indonesia last month was not in an airworthy condition on its second-to-last flight, when pilots […]

Indonesia to keep CPO export tax at zero, cocoa at 5 pct for Dec Indonesia will keep the export tax for crude palm oil (CPO) at zero and the export levy for cocoa at 5 […]

Lion Air promises to give IDR1.3 billion compensation money to families of all JT-610 victims despite 64 remaining unidentified Indonesian authorities officially ended the identification process of Lion Air JT-610 crash victims last Friday, even […]

Indonesia exports 284.1-million-USD defence industrial products The Defence Ministry of Indonesia said the export of defence industrial products brought home 284.1 million USD from 2015 to 2018. — Vietnam Plus Govt Increases Agricultural Efficiency by […]

Economy grows only 5.1 percent this year: BI deputy governor Bank Indonesia deputy governor Dody Budi Waluyo announced on Wednesday that this year’s economic growth would likely be 5.1 percent, lower than the 2018 state […]

State revenues from mineral and coal increase to Rp41.77 trillion Indonesia`s non-tax state revenues from the mineral and coal sub-sector reached Rp41. — Antara News Government expands VAT export service to zero percent Finance Minister […]

Indonesia`s economy posts solid growth: BI Executive Director of the BI Communication Department Agusman said that Indonesia`s national economy posted solid growth in the third quarter of 2018, namely 5.17 percent (yoy), on the back […]

China extends 200 billion yuan currency swap with Indonesia for three years China’s central bank said on Monday it has signed a three-year bilateral currency swap agreement with Indonesia worth 200 billion yuan ($28.81 billion). […]

Australia’s minister says translation glitches delay trade deal with Indonesia Australia’s trade minister said translation issues were behind the delay of a billion-dollar free trade agreement with Indonesia, downplaying a friction between the countries over […]

Indonesia records US$1.82 billion trade deficit in October Indonesia has booked another monthly deficit in October after it enjoyed a $230 million surplus in the previous month, Statistics Indonesia (BPS) announced on Thursday. — The […]

Jerusalem support sees multi-bln dollar IA-CEPA trade deal headed for the rocks (video) As heads of state and armies of policy and trade officials gather in Singapore for the 33rd Asean Summit and related meetings, […]

Indonesia says situation facing crew of doomed Lion Air jet not in flight manual Indonesian investigators said on Monday more training was needed for Boeing 737 MAX pilots after discovering the situation believed to have […]