Apple has boosted its proposed investment in Indonesia by tenfold as it attempts to convince Indonesian officials to lift their ban on iPhone 16 sales. Apple raised its proposal from $10 million to $100 million.
Bloomberg reports the increased investment would be spread over two years. The report says Indonesia’s Ministry of Industry is now pushing Apple to direct more of the investment toward smartphone research and development within the country.
iPhone 16 sales in Indonesia were blocked in October, after the government determined that Apple had not met the country’s 40% domestic content requirement for smartphones. The government also claims Apple fell short of a previous promise to invest 1.7 trillion rupiah through developer academies, instead investing only 1.5 trillion rupiah.
Indonesia represents a significant piece of Apple’s smartphone market, as the country has a population of 280 million, who own around 354 million active mobile phones.
The Ministry of Industry will need to make a final decision on Apple’s increased investment proposal. While Apple had attempted to meet with industry minister Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita in Jakarta, the company’s executives were instead granted a meeting with a director-general.
