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Local content rules delay latest iPhone model entry to Indonesia
To date, Apple has not fulfilled its promised investment in Indonesia by establishing a total of four R&D facilities in the country, Industry Ministry said.
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Apple iPhone 16 models are displayed following Apple's “It's Glowtime“ event in Cupertino, California, the United States on Sept. 9. (AFP/Nic Coury)
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pple has released the new iPhone 16 in over twenty countries, but Indonesian customers would have to wait longer for the product, due to the country’s local content rules (TKDN), the Industry Ministry revealed.
To date, Apple has not fulfilled its promised investment in Indonesia by establishing a total of four Research and Development (R&D) facilities in the country, the ministry’s spokesman, Febri Hendri Antoni Arif said, as reported by Kumparan.
He said this has hindered the phone-maker’s application in the country’s local content registry.
“The iPhone 16 has submitted its TKDN application, but first we are verifying the realization of the Rp 1.6 trillion [US$101.6 million] investment for R&D facilities. It is supposed to be a new [investment], so we’re waiting for that to be realized first,” Febri said on Sunday.
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The tech giant’s CEO Tim Cook visited Indonesia this mid-April, following his two-day trip to Vietnam. Upon meeting with President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on April 17, the two talked about the president’s desire to see manufacturing in the country, which Cook told reporters is “something we will look at”.
Apple made a total investment of Rp 1.6 trillion to establish four Apple Developer Academies in the country. Currently three already exist in South Tangerang in Banten, Surabaya in East Java and Batam in the Riau Islands.
