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On Monday (04 May 2026), Indonesia Investments released the April 2026 edition of its monthly report. In this report we discuss key economic, political and social developments that occurred in Indonesia in April 2026.
Indonesia's Statistical Office (Badan Pusat Statistik, BPS) announced on Tuesday (5 May 2026) that the country's gross domestic product (GDP) had reached a growth rate of 5.61 percent year-on-year (y/y) in the first quarter of 2026 (Q1-2026).
Indonesia imports the vast majority of the liquified petroleum gas (LPG) it consumes. This obviously drains the foreign exchange reserves. But considering Indonesia has massive coal reserves, the gasification of coal can be an interesting alternative. By converting low-quality domestic coal into Dimethyl Ether (DME), the country can reduce purchases of expensive LPG from overseas.
Since the mid-1990s, Indonesia's crude oil production has been experiencing a significant decline, forcing the country to leave the OPEC. Problematically, regulatory and legal uncertainty have been undermining the attractiveness of the investment environment, meaning that Indonesia has become - to a significant extent - dependent on the aging oil fields that are unable to meet all domestic oil demand.
