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Perusahaan Perdagangan Indonesia
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PT Perusahaan Perdagangan Indonesia (Persero) (lit.'Indonesia Trading Company'), or PPI, is the only Indonesian state-owned trading house. Its business is in export, import and distribution.

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Former PT Tjipta Niaga head office in Jakarta (picture taken in 2011)
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Head office of PT Kerta Niaga (merged into PT Dharma Niaga) in Jakarta (picture taken in 2011)

PPI was formed through the merger of three former so-called "Niaga" companies, state-owned trading companies PT Tjipta Niaga, PT Dharma Niaga and PT Pantja Niaga, on 31 March 2003.

These three ex-"Niaga" belonged to the so-called "Big Five" of the colonial period of the Netherlands Indies, which were nationalized in the 1950s.

PPI's main activities is in general trading, including export, import and distribution of :

  • Industrial products:
    • Construction materials (cement, asphalt, steel products, other metal products),
    • Agricultural product (staples, spices, forest and fishery products),
    • Chemicals (fertilizers, pesticides, hazardous chemicals and pharmaceuticals),
    • Machinery and equipment (medical equipment, agricultural equipment, heavy equipment, vehicles).
  • Consumer products:
    • Product of various brands, in particular Unilever),
    • Food and beverage (in particular alcoholic drinks, as official importer appointed by the Indonesian government).

PPI employs some 1,200 people and has offices all over Indonesia.

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Sources

Palm Oil Trading Indonesia


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