The country has announced that key commodities will soon be exported only through a state-run agency

The government is establishing a new state-owned enterprise as the sole exporter of strategic commodities. It could erode the trade surplus.

President Prabowo's new state trading entity — registered a day before the announcement — will control Indonesia's biggest commodity exports by September.

A messy rollout looks set to disrupt global commodity markets.

The country has announced that key commodities will soon be exported only through a state-run agency

President Prabowo abruptly changed the rules governing strategic commodity exports, channeling them through a single state-owned enterprise.