Indonesia blocks Apple’s iPhone 16, citing failure to meet local content rules. Learn why Apple’s latest device faces hurdles in Southeast Asia’s largest economy.

The ban on the sale of iPhone 16 in Indonesia will directly attract the giant company Apple to build its factory in the homeland.

Apple Inc. has proposed investing almost $10 million to make additional goods in Indonesia, according to people familiar with the matter, as it seeks to have the country’s ban on sales of its latest iPhone removed.

Indonesia’s iPhone ban is an example of the pressure Prabowo Subianto’s government is putting on multinationals to boost local manufacturing.

Indonesia has banned the sale of Apple's iPhone 16 for not meeting local investment regulations. The Ministry of Industry indicated that the device cannot be sold until Apple fulfills the 40% domestic content requirement.

Apple has proposed investing almost US$10 million to make additional goods in Indonesia as it seeks to have the country’s ban on sales of its latest iPhone removed, reports the South China Morning Post.