JAKARTA, March 7 (Reuters) - Indonesia has issued local

content certificates for 20 Apple ( AAPL ) products, including the iPhone

16, an industry ministry spokesperson said on Friday, although

the company still needs permits from other ministries before it

can sell the phones.

The issuing of the certificates follows last month's

announcement of more than $300 million investments by Apple ( AAPL ) in

Indonesia, including on plants making components for its

products and a research and development centre.

Indonesia banned iPhone 16 sales last year due to Apple's ( AAPL )

failure to meet requirements on locally-made components.

Apple ( AAPL ) was granted certificates for 11 phone models and 9

tablets because it had met the requirements, ministry

spokesperson Febri Hendri Antoni Arief said.

The company now needs permits from the communications

and digital ministry and the trade ministry to be able to sell

its products in the country, Febri added.

Apple ( AAPL ), Indonesia's communications ministry, and the

trade ministry did not immediately respond to a request for

comment.

Indonesia's industry minister had said the months-long

negotiations with Apple ( AAPL ) had been "tricky."

Apple ( AAPL ) was outside the top five smartphone brands in

Indonesia in the third quarter of last year, according to

research firm Canalyst.