Bagian Kolom Bisnis di situs Indonesia Investments menyediakan kolom terperinci tentang hal-hal yang penting untuk memahami iklim bisnis di Indonesia dan memiliki nilai berita tinggi yang berkaitan dengan keadaan perekonomian Indonesia saat ini. Secara keseluruhan kolom-kolom ini memberikan gambaran menyeluruh dan terperinci tentang iklim bisnis Indonesia dan bisa menjadi sumber ide atau inspirasi untuk berinvestasi -atau tidak berinvestasi- di sektor-sektor tertentu perekonomian Indonesia.
Concerns over a trade war are rising as the European Union (EU) plans to impose a 25 percent retaliatory import tariff on various US products, ranging from clothes to motorcycles, if US President Donald Trump indeed goes ahead with his plan to impose a 25 percent import tariff on steel imports and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum imports.
Despite sliding net profit in full-year 2017, Indonesian upstream oil and gas company Elnusa saw its shares surge 42.47 percent to IDR 530 per share so far in 2018. The company's net profit fell 25.80 percent year-on-year (y/y) to IDR 246.14 billion (approx. USD $18.1 million) in 2017, while its revenue actually rose 37.56 percent (y/y) to IDR 4.98 trillion (approx. USD $366.2 million).
Erajaya Swasembada, a company engaged in the distribution of mobile phones, vouchers and digital devices in Indonesia, set the ambitious target of opening 250 new outlets in 2018. This target is five times higher than the 50 new outlets the company managed to open in 2017.
In line with the increase in domestic economic activity, Indonesia's trade balance recorded a USD $678 million deficit in January 2018. The deficit was particularly attributed to a shrinking surplus of the country's non-oil & gas trade balance. Although Indonesia's oil & gas deficit declined in the first month of 2018, it was not enough to offset the impact of the shrinking non-oil & gas surplus. Hence the country posted its second consecutive monthly trade deficit.
Pendapat yang diungkapkan di bagian ini adalah pandangan penulis pribadi atau orang yang diwawancarai dan tidak mencerminkan pandangan Indonesia Investments. Para penulis bebas untuk mengemukakan pendapat mereka menyangkut iklim sektor bisnis di Indonesia. Fakta yang disajikan di dalam kolom ini adalah hasil penelitian penulis sendiri atau diambil dari sumber yang ditunjukkan, baca ketentuan umum.
