PT Perusahaan Perdagangan Indonesia (Persero) (), or PPI, is the only Indonesian state-owned

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. Its business is in

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and

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. PPI was formed through the merger of three former so-called "Niaga" companies, state-owned trading companies PT Tjipta Niaga, PT Dharma Niaga and PT Pantja Niaga, on 31 March 2003. These three ex-"Niaga" belonged to the so-called "Big Five" of the colonial period of the

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, which were nationalized in the 1950s. PPI's main activities is in general trading, including export, import and distribution of : *Industrial products: **Construction materials (cement, asphalt, steel products, other metal products), **Agricultural product (staples, spices, forest and fishery products), **Chemicals (fertilizers, pesticides, hazardous chemicals and pharmaceuticals), **Machinery and equipment (medical equipment, agricultural equipment, heavy equipment, vehicles). *Consumer products: **Product of various brands, in particular

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), **Food and beverage (in particular alcoholic drinks, as official importer appointed by the Indonesian government). PPI employs some 1,200 people and has offices all over Indonesia.

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