Jakarta, Aug. 7 -- Investment and Downstreaming Minister Rosan Roeslani confirmed that Indonesian copper will be subject to a zero-percent import tariff in the United States, while negotiations continue to expand this exemption to other commodities.

"For copper, we get a 0 percent tariff," Roeslani stated during the 2025 Indonesia-Japan Executive Dialogue here on Wednesday.

The minister stated that Indonesia is still negotiating with the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to reduce import tariffs for other commodities, such as nickel and palm oil, and he expressed optimism about achieving favorable results for Indonesia.

"We are negotiating (the tariff reduction) for other commodities. So far, we got (zero tariff) for copper, an...