The country’s authorities require that at least 40% of components in smartphones and tablets sold in Indonesia be produced within the country.
Indonesia blocked the sale of Google (owned by Alphabet Inc.) smartphones in the country due to the fact that the American company did not meet the requirements for the use of local components in gadgets. This is reported by the Financial Times.
It is noted that the country’s authorities require that at least 40% of components in smartphones and tablets sold in Indonesia be produced within the country.
Google’s Pixel smartphones cannot be sold in Indonesia “unless these products have been certified to comply with these requirements,” according to the country’s industry ministry spokesman Febri Hendri Antoni Arief.
It will be recalled that earlier Indonesia banned the sale of Apple Inc.’s newest smartphones. due to insufficient investments in the country.
