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RI`S EXPORTS IN JANUARY RECORDED AT US$7.15 BILLION
Jakarta, March 2 (ANYTARA) - Indonesia's exports in January 2009 fell 17.70 percent to US$7.15 billion from US$8.69 billion in December 2008, the head of the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) Rusman Heriawan said here on Monday.
He said export performance in January 2009 experienced a decline by 36.8 percent compared to the figure in a corresponding period in the previous year.
The BPS chief said non-oil/non-gas exports in January this year reached a total value of US$6.21 billion, or down by about 16.67 percent compared to December 2008, and about 30.64 percent lower compared to the figure in the same month a year earlier.
He said the biggest contributor to the decline in non-oil/non-gas exports was mineral fuels which totaled US$191.9 million while the biggest increase was recorded by tin exports which totaled us$47.5 million.
In the meantime, the decline in oil and gas exports reached 23.85 percent, namely from US$1.24 billion to US$947.1 million. The drop was caused by a decrease in crude exports by 18.05 percent to US$373.2 million.
Oil exports dropped 26.31 percent to US$71.4 million, and gas exports dropped 27.32 percent to US$502.52 million.
Heriawan said if seen per sector, the biggest decline occurred in industrial product exports which totaled US$35.52 million if compared with the figure in January 2008.
It was followed by exports of agricultural products which fell 8.24 percent and of mining and other sectors which dropped 1.24 percent.
Non-oil/non-gas exports to Japan recorded the highest figure at US$788 million, followed by exports to the United States which totaled US$772.3 million.
The third highest figure was reached by exports to Singapore at US$594.5 million. The combined exports to the three states, namely Japan, the United States and Singapore, accounted for 34.73 percent of the value of overall non-oil/non-has exports.
The BPS chief said the value of exports to the European Union, which were shipped to 27 countries reached US$1.03 billion.***
He said export performance in January 2009 experienced a decline by 36.8 percent compared to the figure in a corresponding period in the previous year.
The BPS chief said non-oil/non-gas exports in January this year reached a total value of US$6.21 billion, or down by about 16.67 percent compared to December 2008, and about 30.64 percent lower compared to the figure in the same month a year earlier.
He said the biggest contributor to the decline in non-oil/non-gas exports was mineral fuels which totaled US$191.9 million while the biggest increase was recorded by tin exports which totaled us$47.5 million.
In the meantime, the decline in oil and gas exports reached 23.85 percent, namely from US$1.24 billion to US$947.1 million. The drop was caused by a decrease in crude exports by 18.05 percent to US$373.2 million.
Oil exports dropped 26.31 percent to US$71.4 million, and gas exports dropped 27.32 percent to US$502.52 million.
Heriawan said if seen per sector, the biggest decline occurred in industrial product exports which totaled US$35.52 million if compared with the figure in January 2008.
It was followed by exports of agricultural products which fell 8.24 percent and of mining and other sectors which dropped 1.24 percent.
Non-oil/non-gas exports to Japan recorded the highest figure at US$788 million, followed by exports to the United States which totaled US$772.3 million.
The third highest figure was reached by exports to Singapore at US$594.5 million. The combined exports to the three states, namely Japan, the United States and Singapore, accounted for 34.73 percent of the value of overall non-oil/non-has exports.
The BPS chief said the value of exports to the European Union, which were shipped to 27 countries reached US$1.03 billion.***
