Ministry Of Energy And Mineral Resources: Mineral Exports To US Only Olahhan Products

JAKARTA - Secretary General of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (Secretary General of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources) Dadan Kusdiana said Indonesia would not export raw ore ore to the United States (US).

The statement responds to one trade agreement between the Republic of Indonesia and the US including removing export restrictions to the US for all industrial commodities, including critical minerals.

In the US-Indonesian agreement letter, continued Dadan, the term used is industrial commodities. This means that the cooperation in question is related to industrial products, not raw minerals.

"There (in the agreement) what is meant is industrial commodities. The sentence is industrial commodities," he said when met at the Djakarta Theater, Jakarta, Thursday, July 24.

Furthermore, Dadan said the mineral export policy still refers to the applicable laws and regulations. Currently, Indonesia has also banned exports of raw ore, so cooperation with the US will only include processing products.

"We have a law. For exports or not, there is no such thing. So what it cooperates with will be for exports resulting from the industry. The products. We certainly will not violate the law," he said.

On the other hand, Dadan said Indonesia managed to maintain national interests in negotiations with the US. In fact, he said, the result of President Prabowo Subianto's conversation with Trump was one of the best in the Asian region.

"So, yes, this is a matter of pride for us Indonesians. The president can immediately negotiate and get good results. The good thing is us. We are the best, like in Asia the result of the negotiations," he said.

Previously, it was reported that the United States and Indonesia agreed on a Framework in the Balik-Bali Trade Agreement (Agreement on Reciprocal Trade) to strengthen bilateral economic relations between the two countries.

In a statement, Trump said Indonesia would remove restrictions on exports of industrial commodities to the United States, including essential minerals.