Jakarta, Aug. 14 -- The Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs has said that the Indonesian government is negotiating zero import tariffs with the United States for commodities such as cocoa, coffee, and palm oil.

The Indonesian negotiation team is continuing to push for tariff elimination for commodities that the US does not produce, the ministry's secretary, Susiwijono Moegiarso, said.

"We are targeting them to be exempt from the reciprocal tariff. We are negotiating to reduce it (the tariff) to zero percent," he said in Jakarta on Thursday.

According to the official, Indonesian commodities such as cocoa, coffee, palm oil, and critical minerals have high export value.

He added that the Indonesian government has reached out to th...