Indonesia's investment realization up 15.9 pct in Q1 2025
JAKARTA, April 24 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia recorded an investment realization of 456.2 trillion rupiahs (around 27 billion U.S. dollars) in the first quarter of 2025, marking a 15.9 percent year-on-year increase from 23.8 billion dollars, according to Rosan Roeslani, minister of investment and downstreaming.
"This first quarter realization accounts for 24.4 percent of the 2025 target of 1,905.6 trillion rupiahs (112.8 billion dollars)," said Rosan at a press conference on Wednesday.
The investment consisted of 49.5 percent foreign direct investment and 50.5 percent domestic investment.
Five Asian countries and regions dominated the investment inflows, with Singapore leading at 4.6 billion dollars, followed by China's Hong Kong at 2.2 billion dollars, China at 1.8 billion dollars, and Malaysia and Japan with 1 billion dollars each.
The most attractive sectors for investors were basic metal industries, transportation, mining, services, and industrial or office zones.
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