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April 15, 2025 | 09:38 am
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Russia has set five priority export sectors to Indonesia, including mining, oil and gas, agriculture, smart city technology, and consumer products. This initiative is carried out while pushing for the completion of a free trade agreement through the Eurasian Economic Commission.
This was revealed by the Director General of the Russian Export Center (REC), Veronika Nikishina, at the Russia-Indonesia Business Forum held at the Raffles Hotel Jakarta on Monday, April 14, 2025.
"Indonesia is a center of strong economic development in Southeast Asia. In Russia, the Indonesian market is very promising and attractive for cooperation in all fields," said Nikishina.
Nikishina emphasized the five priority sectors, which include mining with a focus on digitalization and efficiency improvement, oil and gas industry with the latest production technology, agriculture with offerings of grains and seafood products, smart city technology and smart homes, as well as consumer products with the branding "Made in Russia".
"We are striving to promote Russian products under the slogan 'Made in Russia'. This is an effort to ensure that Russian traditions are widely present in this country, and Russian products will be very popular and enjoyed in Indonesia," she explained.
Nikishina welcomed the completion of negotiations between Indonesia and the Eurasian Economic Commission aimed at eliminating tariff and non-tariff barriers.
"The completion of such an agreement, especially amid the global tariff war, will facilitate trade between our countries as much as possible," she said.
Indonesia's joining of the Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS) in early 2025 is also seen as a significant momentum.
"We believe that the bilateral relations between Russia and Indonesia, relations with the Eurasian Economic Union, as well as the development within BRICS, are drivers of economic development that would not be possible without Indonesia's participation," she said.
The ongoing business mission is a strategic step to build communication between the business communities of both countries.
"The main task is to arrange communication as widely as possible and provide information about each country so that we can obtain as much information as possible about the capabilities of our business networks," said Nikishina.
Nikishina admitted that the turnover figures recorded by the Customs Statistics currently do not correspond to the existing potential. "Indonesia's potential is very large, and we very much hope that the Russian Export Center and partners from Indonesia will contribute to maximizing this potential in the future," she said.
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