Apple’s iPhone 16 won’t hit shelves in Indonesia anytime soon.
As Reuters reports, Indonesia’s Ministry of Industry has upheld its ban on the iPhone 16 because Apple has yet to meet its domestic content rules. By law, smartphones sold in the country must have 40% of their components manufactured domestically.
The ban, implemented in October, also arose from Apple’s failure to fulfill its commitment to invest in the country’s manufacturing sector. To get it lifted, Apple first submitted a $100 million investment proposal, which the ministry rejected as inadequate. Apple then submitted a much bigger proposal of $1 billion, which includes an AirTag production facility in Batam Island that would start operations next year.
The two sides have not yet reached an agreement, even after Minister Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita held multiple meetings with Apple’s VP of global government affairs.
Last year, Google was also banned from selling Pixel phones due to a lack of local components.
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Indonesia is the fourth most populous country in the world, with a median age of just 30.4 years.
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