Although tax revenue realization will not achieve the target that was set by the Indonesian government in the (revised) 2017 state budget, the government's customs and excise revenue target has been achieved this year. Data from the Directorate General of Customs and Excise show that IDR 189.36 trillion (approx. USD $14 billion) was collected in customs and excise revenue up to 28 December 2017, equivalent to 100.11 percent of the full-year target.

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On 31 December 2017, Indonesia Investments released the latest edition of its newsletter. This free newsletter, which is sent to our subscribers once per week, contains the most important news stories from Indonesia that have been reported on our website over the last seven days. Most of the topics involve economy and market-related topics such as import duties, the stock market, manufacturing, politics, initial public offerings (IPOs), and more.

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Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati confirmed that her ministry issued a new regulation (a revision of PMK 188/PMK 04/2010) that raises the threshold for personal items - purchased overseas - that can be taken into Indonesia free of import duties and tax.

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On the last trading day of 2017, Prima Cakrawala Abadi became the 37th company to make its trading debut on the Indonesia Stock Exchange this year. The company's shares immediately skyrocketed 69.33 percent to IDR 254 a piece, hence triggering the auto-rejection system. For Indonesia it was a great year in terms of initial public offerings (IPOs) on the Indonesia Stock Exchange. There are now 567 listed companies on the Indonesia Stock Exchange.

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