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Foreign Ownership Rules and Conditional Sector Access in Indonesia

2026-01-24
Foreign ownership in Indonesia is rarely a binary yes-or-no determination. Most sectors are open to foreign capital in principle, but access is shaped by ownership limits, scale requirements, licensing conditions, or mandatory local participation. Indonesia regulates foreign participation at the level of business activities, not at the level of the investor or the company’s name.
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