Republic of Indonesia

Diplomatic relations between Brazil and Indonesia were established in 1953. Since 2008, the two countries have maintained a Strategic Partnership.

Memoranda of understanding are in force in the areas of agriculture; banking; education; energy and mining; poverty eradication; and the promotion of trade and investment. The two countries also have bilateral dialogue mechanisms, namely political consultations and a joint commission, as well as mechanisms in the agricultural and trade and investment sectors.

In 2017, the two countries signed a Defense Cooperation Agreement. Indonesia is one of the world’s largest operators of Embraer’s Super Tucano aircraft.

In 2018, Indonesia was Brazil’s 11th largest trading partner in Asia, with trade exchange totaling more than $ 2.8 billion, including  $1.5 billion in Brazilian exports (mainly soybean meal, cotton, and tobacco) and $1.3 billion in imports from Indonesia (notably synthetic and textile fibers, refined palm kernel oil, natural rubber, and motor vehicles and tractors parts). Indonesia is the largest economy among the ten members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), founded in 1967. In 2018, Brazil’s trade with ASEAN countries reached more than $19.4 billion.

There are significant reciprocal investments between the countries, highlighting Brazilian investment in mining in Indonesia and Indonesian investments in Brazil in the sugar-alcohol, pulp and paper, tobacco, and textile sectors.

Chronology of bilateral relations

2018 – Visit of Minister Aloysio Nunes Ferreira to Indonesia (Jakarta, May 11)
2015 – Meeting between Minister of Foreign Affairs Mauro Vieira and his Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi on the sidelines of the 70th UN General Assembly (September)
2013 – Participation of Foreign Minister Luiz Alberto Figueiredo Machado in the 9th WTO Ministerial Conference in Bali, Indonesia, and bilateral meetings with Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa and Trade Minister Gita Wirjawan (December)
2013 – Visit to Brasília by Indonesian Deputy Minister of Trade Bayu Krisnamurthi (September)
2013 – 2nd Meeting of the Trade and Investment Working Group in Brasília (September)
2013 – Visit of Environment Minister Izabella Teixeira to take part in the fourth meeting of the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda (March)
2013 – 6th Political Consultations Meeting in Brasília (January)
2012 – Meeting between President Dilma Rousseff and President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on the sidelines of the 67th UN General Assembly (September)
2012 – 1st Meeting of the Trade and Investment Working Group in Jakarta (July)
2012 – Participation of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in the Rio+20 Conference (June)
2012 – Visit of the Indonesian Minister of Trade to Brazil (March)
2011 – Participation of Foreign Minister, Ambassador Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, in the 19th ASEAN Summit in Bali (November 16)
2011 – 5th Meeting of the Agricultural Advisory Committee in Indonesia (May)
2009 – 1st Joint Commission. Adoption of the Strategic Partnership Action Plan (October)
2008 – Establishment of the Strategic Partnership (November)
2008 – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono visits Brazil (November 18–20)
2008 – Indonesian Trade Minister Mari Pangestu visits Brazil (August)
2008 – President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva visits Indonesia (July)
2008 – Minister of Agriculture Anton Apryantono visits Brazil (March)
2007 – Minister Celso Amorim takes part  in the UN Climate Change Conference in Bali (December)
2007 – Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda takes part in the 3rd Latin America–East Asia Cooperation Forum (FOCALAL) Ministerial Meeting in Brasília (August)
2007 – Minister Celso Amorim participates, as coordinator of the agricultural G-20, in the G-33 meeting in Indonesia (March)
2001 – President Fernando Henrique Cardoso visits Indonesia (January)
2000 – President Abdurrahman Wahid visits Brazil (October)
1996 – Signing of Memorandum of Understanding to Establish Bilateral Consultations
1961 – Signing of Economic Declaration between Brazil and Indonesia
1959 – Visit of President Sukarno to Brazil (the first Asian head of state to pay an official visit to Brazil)
1953 – Establishment of the Brazilian Legation in Jakarta (September)