The value of exports of goods from the creative economy sector reached US$26.69 billion from January to October 2025. Minister of Creative Economy Teuku Riefky Harsya stated that the top export destinations included the United States, Switzerland, Japan, Thailand, and the United Arab Emirates.
“The export value recorded by the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) is still in physical form, excluding service exports,” Riefky said at the Creative Economy Annual Report 2025 event at Thamrin Nine, Jakarta, on December 22, 2025.
This period’s achievement represents 11.96 percent of total non-oil and gas exports, exceeding the 2025 National Medium-Term Development Plan (RPJMN) target of US$26.4 billion. Riefky stated that exports are still dominated by fashion and crafts.
The value of fashion exports in the last 10 months of 2025 was US$14.86 billion, and Indonesian crafts export US$11.1 billion. Next came culinary at US$645.1 million, followed by game development at US$54.1 million, publishing at US$14.4 million, fine arts at US$7.4 million, photography at US$0.7 million, and music at US$0.1 million.
Riefky detailed that the largest exports of creative economy goods were to the United States, with a value of US$8.32 billion. Next came Switzerland at US$3.57 billion, Japan at US$1.32 billion, Thailand at US$1.23 billion, the United Arab Emirates at US$1.22 billion, and other countries at US$11.02 billion. “This demonstrates the combination of key global and regional markets,” Riefky said.
In the fuure, Riefky said, the government will make Switzerland a hub for the European market, Thailand for the Southeast Asian market, and the United Arab Emirates for the Middle East. The Ministry of Creative Economy will communicate with Bank Indonesia and the Statistics Indonesia (BPS) to ensure that services in the creative economy can be included as exports, as they involve creative works.
“This will also serve as a roadmap for supporting the digital and technology-based creative economy sector,” he said.