Indonesia

Indonesia Warns On EU Trade Deal, Dairy Imports Amid Palm Oil Spat

Indonesia is prepared to walk away from talks on a free trade deal with the European Union over the bloc's stance on palm oil, while also launching a probe...

Indonesia Files Lawsuit Against EU At WTO Over Palm Oil

Indonesia has filed a lawsuit at the World Trade Organisation against the European Union, claiming the bloc's restrictions on palm oil-based biofuel are un...

Barry Callebaut Opens Second Chocolate Factory In Indonesia

Chocolate maker Barry Callebaut has announced that chocolate manufacturing has commenced in its second manufacturing plant in Rancaekek in Indonesia. Th...

Indonesia Tells Some Jakarta Supermarkets To Remove 'Palm Oil-Free' Products

Indonesia, the world's top palm oil producer, has told some retailers in Jakarta to remove food products with "palm oil-free" labels from their s...

Nestlé Invests CHF99m To Boost Production In Indonesia

Nestlé Indonesia has announced that it has invested CHF99 million (€90.06 million) to increase the production capacity of three factories in th...

G20 Plastic Trash Reduction Goal Does Not Address 'Excessive' Production: Activists

Activists welcomed a goal set by the Group of 20 major economies' to reduce additional plastic trash leaking into the ocean to zero by 2050, but said it av...

Palm Oil Analyst Mistry Raises 2019 Malaysia Output Forecast

Malaysia's palm oil output is forecast to rise to 20 million tonnes in 2019, up from as much as 19.5 million tonnes forecast earlier, industry analyst Dora...

Indonesia Blocks EU Spirits, Link Seen To Palm Oil Spat: Industry

European spirits makers say they are facing difficulties exporting drinks to Indonesia amid tension after Jakarta said it was unhappy with an EU decision t...