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Chinese Trade Fair in Jakarta –
Industrial Machinery –
4-7 June, 2025 –
Greetings from Jakarta International Industrial Week!
A trade show for industrial machinery, technology, equipment, and services.
Hosting 1800 exhibitors, 45000 visitors, and covering 50000 square meters.
99% of the exhibitors are from China.
Yes, ninety-nine percent.
When most companies go to a foreign trade fair, they bring 50 brochures, 3 kakemonos, and a few boxes of goodies.
When China goes to Southeast Asia, they are the fair.
They create it, shape it, and bring thousands of companies.
This gives you a clear sense of the scale of your competitor.
You can’t compete head-on with such a heavyweight.
It’s like watching a skinny little rooster (France for example) stepping into the ring with a giant dragon (China).
We all know how that fight ends.
So don’t fight on their ground.
Use business intelligence and strategic positioning to compete differently and win market shares where you have the advantage.
That’s exactly what we do at CINTASIA.
📊 Indonesia–China Trade Snapshot (2023)
Total bilateral trade ~ $130 billion
China exports to Indonesia ~ $66 billion
Indonesia exports to China ~ $65 billion
China’s top exports: Broadcasting equipment, telephones, computers
Indonesia’s top exports: Ferroalloys, lignite (low-grade coal with high moisture content), coal briquettes
Export growth (5 years)
China → Indonesia: +6.5% per year
Indonesia → China: +8.3% per year
China has been Indonesia’s largest trading partner for over a decade.
With trade boosted by agreements like the ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement (ACFTA) and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).
At CINTASIA, we help you bring your industrial technology and equipment to Indonesia and ASEAN, with strategy, insights, and local connections.
📩 Contact us to compete smarter.
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PS: You may consider having your existing or future Indonesian staff speak or learn Mandarin 😉.
Source: Cintasia
Picture : Ilann Amram co-founder of Cintasia. Picture taken by our buddy Aurélien ARTHAPIGNET – 🙏