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Only 6.3 percent of the total small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME) of Indonesia are able to join the trade chain in Southeast Asia, which is far below the rate in other countries, according to economist Eisha Maghfiruha Rachbini from the country's Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (INDEF).

Indonesian Minister of Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprises Teten Masduki has said his Government is seeking to expand its business assistance programme to around 3 million more small businesses affected by the COVID-19 outbreak by reallocating funds from other programmes within the government’s stimulus plan.