Philippe Lionnet, Head of the Bilateral Trade Section at Switzerland's State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), chaired the EFTA delegation. On the Indonesian side, the meeting was opened by Johni Martha, Director General for International Trade Negotiations at Indonesia's Ministry of Trade, and co-chaired by Basaria Tiara L. Gaol, Director of Bilateral Negotiations.

During the meetings, the Parties reviewed the Agreement's functioning and exchanged information on recent trade and economic developments. The Sub-Committee on Trade in Goods discussed technical matters arising from the implementation of the Agreement, including rules of origin and preference utilisation. The Sub-Committee on Cooperation and Capacity Building discussed past and potential future cooperation activities. Discussions in the Joint Committee further covered commitments under Trade and Sustainable Development.

The Joint Committee adopted Decision No. 1 of 2026 on non-Party invoicing, marking a further step in facilitating the continued implementation of the Agreement.

Both sides welcomed the constructive discussions and reaffirmed their commitment to ensuring the effective operation of the Agreement, and to further strengthening economic relations between the EFTA States and Indonesia.

The agenda of the second Joint Committee meeting is available here. The report from the meetings will be made available in due course.

Economic relations between the EFTA States and Indonesia

Indonesia remains one of the EFTA States' most important trading partners in Southeast Asia. Bilateral trade between the EFTA States and Indonesia amounted to EUR 1.37 billion in 2025. Machinery, pharmaceutical products, fish, and crustaceans were among the EFTA States' principal exports to Indonesia, while footwear, electrical machinery, and apparel were among the principal imports from Indonesia.

Read more about merchandise trade between the EFTA States and Indonesia here.