Jakarta, May 21 -- The government is pushing for the elimination of a reciprocal tariff imposed by the United States on Indonesian furniture and craft products, a minister said.

Trade Minister Budi Santoso explained that all furniture products entering the US are subject to a sectoral tariff of 3 percent. This would surge to 35 percent if the US's 32 percent reciprocal tariff were to be imposed.

"That's why we're asking for the reciprocal tariff to be eliminated," he explained in Jakarta on Wednesday.

Currently, during the 90-day suspension of the US reciprocal tariff, Indonesian furniture products face a baseline 10 percent plus the 3 percent sectoral tariff, he added.

According to Santoso, the government is negotiating for an easing...