Jakarta, July 30 -- The Indonesian government is actively negotiating with the United States to secure lower import tariffs on key Indonesian exports after Washington granted Japan and the European Union reduced tariff rates of 15 percent.

Indonesia and the US had earlier agreed on a reciprocal tariff rate of 19 percent, one of the lowest among Asian countries, but that arrangement is no longer the most favorable.

Secretary of the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs Susiwijono Moegiarso stated here on Tuesday (July 29) that negotiations are ongoing.

"At the time, 19 percent was the lowest. Now, with Japan and the EU getting 15 percent, we are pushing for a better deal," Moegiarso noted in his remarks at the Bisnis Indonesia Midy...