- The US is Indonesia’s largest export destination after China and accounted for slightly more than half of Indonesia’s total US$31 billion trade surplus in 2024.
- Indonesia exported $26.3 billion worth of goods to the US while importing only $9.5 billion, with key exports including electrical equipment ($4.6 billion), clothing ($4.34 billion) and footwear ($2.23 billion), CPO ($3.6 billion) and rubber ($2 billion)
- Indonesia is a major supplier of coffee, tea, forest products, rubber, palm oil, botanical extracts and herbal remedies
- Top US exports are machinery, soybeans, fuel oils, aircraft, animal feed
- Shrimp exporters have already announced they are facing order cancellations from the US, its top market, worth $1.9 billion
- In the 2025 National Trade Estimate Report, the USTR cites Indonesia’s local content requirements (TKDN), complex import licensing and inspection procedures (especially for agricultural and dairy products), onerous tax compliance procedures, high excise tax rates on consumer items, customs duties assessed using reference rather than transaction pricing, and a rule requiring natural resource firms to onshore export revenues above $250,000, among other policies it deemed problematic for foreign businesses.
Indonesia’s Exports to the US- 2025
| Type of Item | Total ($) |
| Apparel/Finished Garments | 1.27 Billion |
| Palm Oil | 574. 04 Million |
| Other Electrical Appliances | 561.36 Million |
| Sport Shoes | 524.84 Million |
| Semi Conductor/Components | 432.77 Million |
| Basic Organic Chemistry | 362.58 Million |
| Daily Footwear | 312.83 Million |
| Wooden Furniture | 279.76 Million |
| Butter/Fat/Cocoa Oil | 258.72 Million |
| Leather Goods | 252.46 Million |
| Shrimp Frozen | 237.12 Million |
| Outer Tire/Inner Tire | 223.90 Million |
| Crumb Rubbber | 221.18 Million |