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THE FOURTH largest country in the world by population, with an expanding middle class, Indonesia is an attractive base for many of the world’s global paints and coatings companies.

Mr Yoichi Yonehara took over the helm at PT Kansai Prakarsa Coatings two years ago and in that time he has had the opportunity to witness not only a coatings industry in evolution but also a country in a period of great change.…

AS the 2015 deadline for the full integration of the ASEAN economic community (AEC) approaches, it is becoming clear that while trade and standards harmonisation is right on target (and in some sectors well advanced) among member nations, the infinite details of this process for the coatings sector will be a work in process for many years to come.…

THE INDONESIAN government’s decision to promote natural fibres in place of synthetics may have merit, but the country’s garment and textile export industry may not gain from the move, industry experts argue.

Indonesia’s ministry of industry recently announced plans to promote banana and pineapple fibres to minimise its textile industry’s dependence on polyester and rayon.…

The Indonesian government has launched an inquiry that could lead it to levy temporary protective ‘safeguard’ duties against imports of I and H sections made with certain alloyed steels.

This probe will be staged by the Indonesian Safeguards Committee (Komite Pengamanan Perdagangan Indonesia – KPPI) and comes after a request from Indonesian steel manufacturer PT.…

INDONESIAN textile manufacturers have warned that a government plan to raise electricity tariffs in 2014 may cause apparel prices to rise by 50% and could increase trade deficits in the industry.

In January, Indonesia’s House of Representatives Commission VII approved a plan from the country’s energy and mineral resources ministry to increase electricity tariffs for major industrial consumers. …

A PLANNED increase in electricity tariffs in Indonesia has sparked concern in the garment industry that it will raise production costs, which may affect the industry’s competitiveness in the export market.

Asep Setiaharja, vice secretary general of the Indonesian Textile Association (API), said that the upstream end of the garment production chain will bear the biggest brunt of rising electricity costs: “The increase of electricity tariffs mostly hits upstream industries such as man-made fibre manufacturers and spinners who are more energy intensive than their colleagues of fabric and garment manufacturers,” he said.…

AUSTRALIA’S live cattle exports posted strong growth in 2013, with an 18% year-on-year increase in the 10 months from January to October. According to figures from Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA), Australia exported 650,830 head of cattle during this period, with nearly half (314,879) absorbed by the Indonesian market, Australia’s most import livestock export destination.…

INDONESIA’S nonwovens market is expanding rapidly, in particular because of rising demand for consumer products. At around 246 million people, Indonesia has easily the largest population among the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) bloc. The country’s economy has grown at an annual average of 6% over recent years, although there are signs that growth could be slowing, with the World Bank forecasting growth of 5.6% in 2013 and 5.3% in 2014, compared with 6.2% in 2012.…

WITH the 2015 deadline approaching for the establishing a common market within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Indonesian textile manufacturers need professional competency standards to be harmonised across the 10 member countries, according to the country’s peak textiles association.…

EVEN if the heated political debate over the reform of the European Union’s (EU) common agricultural policy (CAP) has cooled off in Brussels after the final agreement reached in September, the European Commission is still thrashing out the practical rules on how the policy will be implemented.…