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Is Indonesia losing ground in the lucrative US market?

The Indonesian textile and garment industry has been handed an uncomfortable reality check, and it comes straight from the top. Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto has reportedly confirmed recently that Indonesian textile products will not be spared from US tariffs, shutting the door on hopes that garments might sneak onto Washington’s exemption list.

Jakarta has floated several flagship commodities for relief from the ** per cent duties, but the fine print is brutal: only “natural resources” qualify, even as Airlangga pointedly noted manufactured products do not count as gifts from nature.