Tyre industry requires more export-market penetration due to rapid recovery. (Industry Profile).

Since 2000, the tyre industry has had a much better business climate than it did during the years when the economic crisis was at its heights. Although the political instability and security turbulence still had very big impact on the domestic sales of tyres and on the exchange rate of the rupiah, the domestic production of car tyres managed to increase by 10% to 22.3 million units in 2000 and that of motorbike tyres by 12.4% to 13.4 million units. In 2001, the domestic production of car tyres was the same as it had been in 2000, but that of motorbike tyres grew by an estimated 15