Jambi Province's export value contracted by 21.46 percent month-to-month (mtm) from US$216.99 million in December 2024 to US$170.42 million in January 2025. Statistics Indonesia (BPS) Jambi Head Agus Sudibyo explained that the main cause of Jambi's export value decline was the drop in exports of fish and shrimp, vegetable oil, rubber and their derived products, plywood and other derived products, oil and gas, as well as coal.

Publicly-listed coal company PT ABM Investama Tbk. subsidiary PT Cipta Kridatama (PT CK) collaborated with SUN Energy in the inauguration of a solar power plant (SPP) in Jambi Province. PT CK President Director Meidi Wibowo said that the SPP has the  first containerized battery energy storage system (CBESS) in Indonesia.

The 2025 Ramadan Sahur Parade Festival participants that showcases various traditional musical instruments is once again held by the West Tanjung Jabung Regency Government through its Youth and Sports Tourism Office as part of its efforts to sustain the suhoor tradition in Ramadan.

The Public Works Ministry has completed the Centralized Domestic Wastewater Management System (SPALD-T) in Jambi City, Jambi Province. Public Works Minister Dody Hanggodo said that SPALD-T's construction aims to improve environmental quality, especially in urban areas along with the increasing population.

Jambi's export value  rose by 6.83 percent month-to-month (mtm) from US$203.13 million in November 2024 to US$216.99 million in December 2024. The increase in exports was driven by high global demand for several of Jambi's leading commodities, including oil and gas, coal, rubber and its derivatives, vegetable oil, and fishery products such as fish and shrimp.

Financial Services Authority (OJK) Jambi Province noted that financial services sector performance in the province improved, contributing to regional economic growth. Commercial banks' disbursed loans rose by 9.26 percent year-on-year (yoy) to Rp54.37 trillion as of November.

Cek Endra, a House of Representatives (DPR) member from Functional Groups (Golkar) Party representing the Jambi Electoral District, expressed his views and ideas on the importance of equalizing investment throughout Indonesia, especially in Jambi Province, during a DPR working meeting on Dec. 3, 2024, with Investment and Downstreaming Minister/Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) Head Rosan Roeslani.

The Finance Ministry's Customs and Excise Directorate-General Jambi Province Office, or Jambi Customs and Excise, oversaw the export of 36 tons of split betel nuts owned by PT Rezeki Mandiri Global and 28 tons of betel nuts owned by PT Indria Habi Globalindo to the Indian and Pakistani markets.