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Indonesian manufacturers of four-wheeled motorized vehicles need to adjust to the Euro-4 emission standard. In March 2017 the Indonesian government ordered this through the issuance of Environment and Forestry Ministry Regulation No. P. 20/MENLHK/SETJEN/KUM. 1/3/2017 on the Standard Exhaust Emission of Euro 4-Type Motor Vehicles. These European emission standards define the acceptable limits for exhaust emissions of new vehicles.
Indonesian retail company Ace Hardware Indonesia reported a 33 percent month-on-month (m/m) increase in sales to IDR 647 billion (approx. USD $48.3 million) in December 2017. On an annual basis, the company's sales rose 18 percent (y/y) in the last month of 2017.
Indonesia's government debt reached IDR 3,938.7 trillion (approx. USD $294 billion) at the end of 2017, up IDR 423.3 trillion from its position of IDR 3,515.4 trillion at the end of 2016. Despite rising, Indonesia's public debt is still safe at 29.2 percent of gross domestic product (GDP).
Indonesia-based electronics retail store Electronic City Indonesia announced that it has used more than half of the funds that were collected through the company's initial public offering (IPO) on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2013.
