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STATISTICS: INDONESIA BOOKS SURPLUS IN TRADE BALANCE
Jakarta, Nov 2 (ANTARA) - Indonesia still booked a surplus in its trade balance in September and from January to September 2009 although its exports in September dropped a bit from the previous month.
"We still have a surplus of around US$1.27 billion in September while from January to September we have a surplus of US$11.8 billion," the head of the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS), Rusman Heriawan, said here on Monday.
Rusman said the surplus occured because the drop in imports was bigger than the drop in exports.
Based on his record exports in September 2009 dropped 6.75 percent from August as a result of less business activities during the Islmic fasting month.
"Exports in September reached US$9.83 billion, again dropped below US$10 billion, breached last August," he said.
Exports from January to September 2009 reached US$80.13 billion, dropped around 25.57 percent from the same period last year.
Non-oil and gas exports in the period reached US$68.11 billion down 18.21 percent.
Non-oil and gas exports in September reached US$8.13 billion down 8.58 percent from the previous month. Non-oil and gas exports in the month was down 17.25 percent compared to the same period last year.
Imports in September 2009 reached US$8.56 billion down 11.79 percent compared with the previous month.
Non-oil and gas imports in the month meanwhile reached US$6.19 billion down 43.7 percent from August 2009.
Gas imports however rose 56.02 percent reaching US$2.73 billion as a result of the world's oil price hike in the month.
Cummulatively the value of imports from January to September 2009 reached US$68.33 billion down around 32.8 percent from the same period last year.
Non-oil and gas imports in the period reached US$55.19 billion down 26.88 percent from the same period last year.
Imports according to items usage from January to September 2009 dropped from the same period last year. Consumer goods imports were down 28.17 percent, raw materials/supporting materials droped 38.74 percent and capital goods slid 4.08 percent.
The biggest supplying countries for imported non-oil and gas goods in the January-September period were China worth US$9.48 billion, and the US covering 17.18 percent, followed by Japan totalling US$6.89 billion and Singapore US$6.85 billion.
Non-oil and gas imports from the ASEAN countries reached 23.58 percent and the European Union 11.37 percent. ***
"We still have a surplus of around US$1.27 billion in September while from January to September we have a surplus of US$11.8 billion," the head of the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS), Rusman Heriawan, said here on Monday.
Rusman said the surplus occured because the drop in imports was bigger than the drop in exports.
Based on his record exports in September 2009 dropped 6.75 percent from August as a result of less business activities during the Islmic fasting month.
"Exports in September reached US$9.83 billion, again dropped below US$10 billion, breached last August," he said.
Exports from January to September 2009 reached US$80.13 billion, dropped around 25.57 percent from the same period last year.
Non-oil and gas exports in the period reached US$68.11 billion down 18.21 percent.
Non-oil and gas exports in September reached US$8.13 billion down 8.58 percent from the previous month. Non-oil and gas exports in the month was down 17.25 percent compared to the same period last year.
Imports in September 2009 reached US$8.56 billion down 11.79 percent compared with the previous month.
Non-oil and gas imports in the month meanwhile reached US$6.19 billion down 43.7 percent from August 2009.
Gas imports however rose 56.02 percent reaching US$2.73 billion as a result of the world's oil price hike in the month.
Cummulatively the value of imports from January to September 2009 reached US$68.33 billion down around 32.8 percent from the same period last year.
Non-oil and gas imports in the period reached US$55.19 billion down 26.88 percent from the same period last year.
Imports according to items usage from January to September 2009 dropped from the same period last year. Consumer goods imports were down 28.17 percent, raw materials/supporting materials droped 38.74 percent and capital goods slid 4.08 percent.
The biggest supplying countries for imported non-oil and gas goods in the January-September period were China worth US$9.48 billion, and the US covering 17.18 percent, followed by Japan totalling US$6.89 billion and Singapore US$6.85 billion.
Non-oil and gas imports from the ASEAN countries reached 23.58 percent and the European Union 11.37 percent. ***
