"Cumulatively, imports in the January-December 2015 period dropped 19.89 percent, compared to the same period in 2014," BPS Chairman Suryamin said in a press briefing here on Friday.
The 2015 imports comprised oil and gas imports worth US$24.61 billion, which plummeted 24.61 percent, and non-oil/non-gas imports worth US$118.13 billion, which fell 12.32 percent compared to the previous year, he said.
Last year, China led the suppliers of non-oil/non-gas commodities to Indonesia with a value of US$29.22 billion, accounting for 24.73 percent of the total non-oil/non-gas imports.
Japan trailed in the second place with a value of US$13.23 billion or 11.20 percent, and Singapore in the third place with a value of US$8.97 billion or 7.60 percent.
Meanwhile, non-oil/non-gas imports from other ASEAN member states and European Union represented 22.05 percent and 9.50 percent of the total, respectively.
The agency noted that the import of consumer goods declined 14.16 percent, the import of raw materials fell 21.35 percent and the import of goods dropped 15.56 percent.
Just in December 2015, Indonesias imports rose 5.23 percent to US$12.12 billion from US$11.52 billion a month earlier. Non-oil/non-gas imports also rose 4.5 percent to US$10.32 billion compared to the previous month.
The biggest increase in non-oil/non-gas imports in December 2015 was recorded in the import of machines and mechanical appliances, 11.27 percent up, reaching US$203.7 million. The biggest decline was seen in the import of jewelry, plummeting 62.54 percent to US$185.8 million.
Oil and gas imports in December 2015 rose 9.61 percent to US$1.80 billion from US$1.64 billion a month earlier but plunged 46.95 percent from the level in the same month of 2014.
Reported by Vicki Febrianto
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