East Java and Australia: promoting the business partnership

Abstract

This paper discusses recent economic trends in one of Indonesia's most important regions, East Java, with a particular focus on the Province's infrastructure development, trade and investment outlook, and the role of the East Java bureaucracy. It examines the pattern of Australian trade with, and investment in, East Java. The paper focuses on particular sectors of the East Java economy that offer the greatest scope, not only for Western Australian companies but for Australian firms generally that are looking for business opportunities outside the increasingly saturated market in Jakarta/West Java.