Indonesia’s export growth quickens in April

Indonesia’s April trade figures provided by the country’s statistics bureau.

Trade, in billions of U.S. dollars:
Apr  Mar  Feb  Jan  Dec  Nov  Oct  Sept Aug  July June
EXPORTS* 16.52 16.29 14.42 14.61 16.83 15.63 14.40 12.18 13.73 12.49 12.33
IMPORTS* 14.89 11.75 12.55 13.15 13.01 12.12 9.65 12.17 12.63 11.76
BALANCE*  1.63 1.81 2.67 2.05 3.68 2.62 2.28 2.55 1.56 -0.14 0.57
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Exports and imports (percentage change from a year earlier)*:
Apr  Mar  Feb  Jan  Dec  Nov  Oct  Sept Aug  July June
EXPORTS* 37.28 27.53 29.09 25.96 26.08 45.08 17.62 23.76 30.27 29.03 31.45
IMPORTS* 32.54 31.96 23.71 32.33 27.64 47.57 28.52 13.36 25.33 45.51 48.11
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NOTE:
*) Total figures may not add up because of rounding.
*) Figures may change because of official revision.
*) Figures on export and import growth are based on Reuters calculations as
nominal figures are rounded up to two decimal places.
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LINKS:
For more data, Indonesia's statistics bureau website is
www.bps.go.id
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CONTEXT:
- Indonesia's export growth in April was seen rising to 29 percent, versus
27.53 percent growth the previous month, but imports may have slowed after a
devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan, Indonesia's second largest trading
partner.
- Trade minister Mari Elka Pangestu told Reuters in an interview that this
year's export of non-oil and gas products could grow by 12-15 percent, averaging
above $12 billion a month. [ID:nL3E7E21EA]
- The country's statistics bureau said 2010 non-oil and gas exports rose 33
percent to $129.7 billion, while total exports reached $157.7 billion.
- Indonesia's economy, which is being driven more by domestic demand than
exports, grew by 6.1 percent last year and is estimated to expand 6.5 percent in
2011, the finance ministry said. 

 

Category: Indonesia