JAKARTA : Indonesia will make some exporters retain part of their export earnings onshore for at least three months starting next month in a regulation draft awaiting President Joko Widodo's approval, the country's chief economic minister said on Thursday.
Coordinating Minister of Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto unveiled the plan in February for exporters of natural resources and derivative products to retain 30 per cent of their proceeds for every export document worth at least $250,000 for three months. Southeast Asia's largest economy has long been concerned about exporters' habit of parking earnings in offshore bank accounts, even after authorities required them to receive proceeds through the local banking industry more than a decade ago.