Indonesia bans iPhone 16 sales over Apple’s failure to hit investment target

The US multinational has yet to fulfil its investment commitments in Indonesia and must renew its domestic component level (TKDN) licence, Minister of Industry Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita said last week.

“Apple’s iPhone 16 cannot be sold in Indonesia yet because the extension of the TKDN certification is still pending, awaiting further investment realisation from Apple,” Agus told reporters in Jakarta on October 8.

Apple has only invested 1.48 trillion rupiah (US$95 million) in Indonesia, he said, “falling short of its total commitment” of 1.71 trillion rupiah.

The California-based tech giant has not yet met its promised investments through four research and development facilities in Indonesia, ministry spokesman Febri Hendri Antoni Arif told local news outlet Kumparan.