Indonesia Remains Important Trading Partner

Indonesia, the world’s fourth most-populous country (270 million), has become an important trading partner due to the size of its population and rising food demand, the USDA said in an attaché report. 

U.S. agricultural imports reached a value of $2.9 billion in 2024, down 3% year-over-year amid decreased demand for feed ingredients, dairy products and cotton.

The country’s largest imports from the U.S. are soybeans, used to make tempeh and tofu, feed products, and dairy products. 

Since 2010, U.S. soybean exports to Indonesia have increased 56% and wheat shipments increased 14%.

Demand from food sectors, such as the soy-based food industry, wheat millers, and bakeries were the main drivers for U.S. soybean and wheat imports. However, weakening purchasing power in 2024 and 2025 to date has reduced demand for some of these food items.

Exports of feed ingredients, including dried distillers grains, soybean meal and other products, from the U.S. jumped 41% from 2010 to 2024 amid expansion of Indonesia’s poultry sector and use in the aquaculture sector.  Dairy and beef product shipments rose by 82% since 2020. 

EDITOR’S TAKE:

We do not get tired of reporting on success stories about selling more of our products overseas. Expanding markets opens the way for greater production of U.S. goods while increasing incomes for our nation’s farmers and ranchers. Indonesia has become a very important trading partner and we look forward to continued growth and positive relations with them in the future.

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