Jakarta, Dec 4 (ANRTARA) - The Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) in
its latest report said the value of Indonesia's exports last October was
US$15.67 billion, down by 1.45 percent compared with the previous month
of September, which was US$15.9 billion.
"The decline was mainly due to the drop in non-oil and gas export
values from US$13.12 billion to US$12.68 billion," Sasmita Hadi Wibowo,
BPS deputy for social affairs and service distribution, said on Monday.
According to Sasmita, non-oil and gas exports in October 2012 declined
by 3.42 percent compared with September 2012 and by 8.75 percent
compared with October 2011. Commodities that saw a drop in exports
include fat and vegetable/animal oils, which declined by US$519.2
million; machinery/electrical appliances, which declined by US$73.3
million; mechanical appliances, which declined by US$23.1 million; and
papers/cartoons, which declined by US$7.8 million.
Yet, in the following two months of November and December, the value of
exports is expected to drastically increase in line with the high
demand for commodities from several countries.
The cumulative export value in January-October 2010 reached US$158.66
billion, down 6.22 percent when compared year-on-year with the same
period in 2011. The same thing happened with non¿oil and gas exports,
which reached US$127.03 billion, showing a decline of US$5.70 billion.
Non¿oil and gas exports in the January¿October 2012 period stood at
US$127.03 billion, down 5.70 percent compared with figures from the same
period in 2011, which stood at US$134.71 billion year-on-year.
"Of the non¿oil and gas sectors, the agriculture sector experienced an
increase from US$4.22 billion to US$4.66 billion, while the industrial
sector fell 5. percent from US$101.97 billion to US$96.57 billion and
mining fell by 9.53 percent from US$28.52 billion to US$25.803 billion,"
Sasmita said.
Regarding
the destinations of Indonesian non¿oil and gas exports in October 2012,
the largest volume of exports was shipped to China, Japan and the
United States with a respective value of US$1.82 billion, US$1.42
billion and US$1.15 billion.
"The non-oil and gas exports to the three countries accounted for 34.66% of total exports," Sasmita asserted.
The BPS also recorded declines in Indonesia's exports to a number of
other countries. For instance, exports to India declined by US$119.3
million; Singapore, US$85.1 million; South Korea, US$41.4 million;
Japan, US$38.7 million; the United States, US$25.6 million; Germany,
US$4.2 million; Britain, US$1.2 million; and Malaysia, US$54.1 million.
On the other hand, Indonesia's exports to China increased by US$144.5
million; Australia, US$97.5 million; Taiwan, US$47.8 million; Thailand,
US$7.5 million; and France, US$5 million.
Indonesia's exports to the European Union (27 countries) in October 2012 were recorded at US$1.4 billion.
Although
Indonesia's exports were declining in October 2012 due to the economic
crisis in the United States and Europe, its imports in the same period
adversely increased.
"The value of Indonesia's imports in October 2012 reached US$17.21
billion, up 12.6 percent compared with the previous month of September
2012, which stood at US$15.35 billion," stated Sasmita.
The import value for the same period in 2011 had increased by 10.82 percent.
The
biggest non¿oil and gas commodity imports in October 2012 were
airplanes and their spare parts, which increased 152.62 percent from
US$165.7 million to US$418.6 million.
This was followed by fertilizers increasing in value from US$146.5
million to US$236.4 million and iron and steel goods rising from
US$366.1 million to US$470.3 million.
"The increase in imports in October 2012 was mainly boosted by the
purchase of airplanes, components and airplane mechanics," he said.
In
October 2012, Indonesia imported 8 units of airplanes worth US$331.1
million, up by some 234 percent compared with the previous month of
September, which was valued at US$99.1 million.
"The 8 units of airplanes were imported by a number of airlines such as
Garuda Indonesia, Sriwijaya, Wing Air and Lion Air," he noted.
The cumulative value of Indonesia's imports in the January -October
2012 period totalled US$159.18 billion, up 9.35 percent compared with
the corresponding period in 2011, which stood at US$145.57 billion.
Indonesia's non¿oil and gas imports for January-October 2012 reached
US$34.79 billion, up 3.53 percent from the same period in 2011, which
was recorded at US$33.60 billion.
The biggest supplier of Indonesia's imports in the January-October 2012
period was China, followed by Japan and the United States. The value of
Indonesia's imports from these three countries stood at US$23.92
billion, US$19.33 billion and US$9.65 billion, respectively. ***2***
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