Jakarta, April 9 -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has stated that the 32-percent reciprocal tariff imposed by United States President Donald Trump will not have a significant qualitative impact on Indonesia's economy.

Nguyen Ba Hung, an economist with the ADB's Southeast Asia department, said that Indonesia's total exports to the United States are relatively small.

"Qualitatively, we believe the impact will not be as severe as the 32-percent tariff suggests," he added during the ADB's Asian Development Outlook (ADO) April 2025 webinar, which was held here on Wednesday.

He explained that exports to the United States account for only around 2 percent of Indonesia's total gross domestic product (GDP). Thus, the economic exposure of bot...