“Actually, America isn’t just demanding market access. It turns out they will also invest,” he informed during a working meeting with Commission IV of the House of Representatives (DPR) in Jakarta on Wednesday.
Under the agreement, Indonesia will receive investment from the US in several commodities, including in the energy sector, he said.
According to the minister, the latest agreement aims to support the domestic industry, as many raw materials and capital goods will be imported from the US.
Several US products, such as wheat and soybeans, currently invite zero import tariffs. Indonesia relies heavily on imports to meet high domestic demand for the two commodities.
“That means we need those products, so this is actually an opportunity for us to support the domestic industry,” he added.
Earlier, US President Donald Trump said he and President Prabowo Subianto have negotiated an import tariff of 19 percent on Indonesian products entering the US.
“Indonesia will pay a 19-percent tariff to the United States on all goods imported from them into our country,” he informed in a post on social media platform Truth Social.
The figure indicates that an agreement has been reached to reduce the 32-percent US import tariff on Indonesian products, first announced by Trump in April 2025.
In early July, Trump had been adamant about keeping the tariff on Indonesia unchanged, as reflected by a White House letter dated July 7, 2025, which was addressed to Prabowo.
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