Doing Business in Indonesia (Course, Master)

Syllabus of the Online Course (Subject): Foreign Trade and Business in Indonesia - Jakarta.

1. Introduction to the Republic of Indonesia (Southeast Asia)
2. Indonesian Economy
3. Indonesian Petrol and Gas
4. International Trade of Indonesia
5. Doing Business in Jakarta
6. Indonesian industrial states
7. Infrastructure facilities in Indonesia
8. Indonesian Banking sector
9. Sabang Freeport zone
10. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Indonesia
11. Negotiating in Indonesia
12. Case Study:
    1. Telkom Group
    2. PT Panggung Electric Citrabuana
13. Indonesian Muslim Business People
    1. Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno
    2. Abdul Latief
    3. Aburizal Bakrie
    4. Basrizal Koto
    5. PhD I.R. Ciputra
14. Introduction to Indonesian language (Bahasa)
15. Access to the Indonesian Market
16. Business Plan for Indonesia

The purposes of the Online Course / Subject “Foreign Trade and Business in the Republic of Indonesia” are the following:

1. To analyse the Indonesian economy and foreign trade
2. To know the business opportunities in the Republic of Indonesia
3. To explore Indonesian trade relations with the student's country
4. To know Indonesian Free Trade Agreements (FTA)
5. To examine the profile of Indonesian business people and companies
6. To develop a business plan for the Indonesian Market

Example of the Online Course - Doing Business in Indonesia

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Description of the Course / Subject (Business in Indonesia).

The Republic of Indonesia:

1. The Republic of Indonesia is the biggest archipelago nation in the World, comprising 17,508 islands stretching along 5,120 kilometres from east to west, and 1,760 kilometres from north to south
2. Total population of Indonesia: 255 million people
3. The main Indonesian ethnic group are Javanese (42% of Indonesian population)
4. Indonesian Diaspora: 8 million of Indonesians
5. Indonesian Capital: Jakarta (10 million people)
6. 30 million people live on the island of Java, the most populous island of the World
7. Indonesia land borders: Papua New Guinea, East Timor, and Malaysia
8. Neighbouring countries: Singapore, the Philippines, Australia, and the Indian territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
9. Bahasa Indonesia (Malay) is the correct term for Indonesian language (Official language)
10. Other Indonesian Languages are Javanese (84% of the Indonesian population) and Sundanese (34%)
11. More than 700 regional languages
12. Type of Government: Unitary Presidential constitutional Republic
13. Area: 1,904,569 square kilometres
14. Indonesian independence: 1949 (The Netherlands)

Main religion in Indonesia: Sunni Islam (209 million, 87% of the Indonesian population).

1. Fiqh (Islamic Jurisprudence): Shafi
2. The Indonesian Constitution implements freedom of religion
3. Other religions in Indonesia:
   1. Hinduism (3 million)
   2. Christians (20 million)
   3. Buddhism
   4. Confucianism

Indonesia is a member of Islamic Civilisation.

Indonesian Economy:

1. Indonesia is rich in natural resources
2. In the agricultural sector, Indonesia has become self-sufficient in rice and does not need to import this staple food as it had for years
3. 90% of the Indonesian population works in agriculture
4. Fluctuations in the global prices of traditional export commodities have led to a change in recent years in the Indonesian economy structure
5. Indonesian produces various types of cars, lorries, buses, and motorcycles under Licensing from foreign producer.
6. Indonesia also produces electronic equipment and electrical appliances
7. Indonesian Aviation industry has been growing, and new production lines are coming on-stream as well its Universal Maintenance Centre for Overhaul of aircraft engines. The aircraft produced are for national use as well as for export
8. Indonesian industrial estates are available in all provinces of Indonesia. The large-scale industrial estates are found in Jakarta, West Java (Bekasi, Karawang, Purwakarta), Banten (Tangierang, Serang), Central Java (Semarang, Cilacap), Yogyakarta (Piyungan), East Java (Surabaya, Gresik, Sidoarjo, Pasuruan, Probolinggo), North Sumatera (Medan), West Sumatera (Padang), Lampung, Riau (Batam Island, Bintan Island), South Sulawesi (Makassar), and East Kalimantan (Bontang)
9. Tourism is gaining a more important sector as a foreign exchange earner
10. Currency: Indonesian rupiah (Rp) (IDR)

Foreign Trade of Indonesia.

1. Petrol and gas contribute 70% of total export earnings and 60% of the Indonesian Government revenues
2. Besides petroleum and liquefied natural gas, forestry products, rubber, coffee, tea, tin, nickel, copper, palm products, and fish make significant contributions to export earnings
3. In recent years some steps have been taken to promote and stimulate non-petroleum exports, which include handicrafts, textiles, precious metals, tea, tobacco, cement, fertilizers as well as manufactured products
4. Air transport and sea ports are being widespread to cater the growing traffic on both local and International sectors, of passengers as well as freight
5. The Port of Jakarta is the largest Indonesian seaport and one of the largest seaports in the Java Sea basin, with an annual traffic capacity of 45 million tonnes of cargo and 4,000,000 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit)

Indonesia's Market Access and Trade Agreements:

1. India-Indonesia Economic Cooperation Agreement
2. Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
3. Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
   1. ASEAN Free-Trade Area (AFTA)
   2. East ASEAN Growth Area
   3. Free Trade Agreements (ASEAN member): Australia-New Zealand, Canada, the People's Republic of China, India, Japan, Korea, Russia, the United States, European Union, and Pakistan
   4. EU-Indonesia Partnership and Cooperation Agreement
   5. Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle (IMT-GT)
4. Trade Preferential System of the OIC
5. Indian-Ocean Rim Association (IORA)

Indonesia is a member of:

1. Islamic Development Bank
2. Asian Development Bank (ADB)
3. Economic Social Commission Asia-Pacific (ESCAP)
4. Customs Convention on Containers (CCC)
5. Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)

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Introduction to Indonesian language (Bahasa):

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