[4] Although the trade volume is relatively small with a value of US$36 million in 2007,[5] Indonesia sees Fiji as a potential gate to enter the South Pacific market.

Indonesian exports to Fiji are mainly daily products such as paper, fiber, textiles, electrical equipments, home appliances and electronics, furniture, gift and craft, fashion products, convenience foods, coffee, shampoo, soap, detergent, plastics, chemicals, automotive and parts, and also agricultural equipments.

[5] On 8 January 2014, the Indonesian government donated FJ$1 million (US$528,899) for the formation of the proposed Regional Police Academy at Nasova, Suva.

The academy which will be based in Fiji will train police officers from the four Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) countries.

Twenty-four music and dance artists from countries/territories in the Pacific (Fiji, Vanuatu, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia) and Indonesia (Maluku, East Nusa Tenggara, and provinces in Papua Island) produced two collective works which were showcased to public and dignitaries during the diplomatic reception celebrating 50 years of Indonesia-Fiji bilateral relations.