Jakarta, July 21 -- The Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (Indef) said textile, apparel, and footwear industries will be the most impacted when the 19 percent US import tariff on Indonesian products takes effect, August 1, 2025.

Ahmad Heri Firdaus, a researcher at the Indef Center for Industry, Trade, and Investment, stated that these sectors are among the biggest contributors to US-bound exports and employ workers in both informal and formal sectors.

"Our homework is how to reimagine our textile and footwear markets in the United States, as we are quite dependent on them, and they are very labor-intensive," Firdaus remarked during a public discussion in Jakarta on Monday.

Firdaus explained that Indonesia needs to deve...