At the 2025 Indonesia Miner event in Jakarta on Tuesday, secretary of the Directorate General of Mineral and Coal at the ministry, Siti Sumilah Rita Susilawati, said the recent decline in coal export volume has been influenced by the world market.
It is not something that the government could control, she added.
In addition to supervising production, the government has set a benchmark coal price to keep domestic coal prices stable.
"So far, coal has supported the economy. Hopefully, this year it will not suffer much," she said.
Earlier, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources evaluated the causes of the decline in coal exports since early this year, which was flagged in a Statistics Indonesia (BPS) report on Indonesian exports and imports in March 2025.
As per the BPS report, the value of coal exports fell 5.54 percent to US$1.97 billion in March 2025 from US$2.08 billion in February 2025.
The figure for March 2025 was down a notable 23.14 percent compared to US$2.56 billion in March 2024.
In terms of volume, 30.73 million tons of coal was exported in March 2025, lower than 30.82 million tons in February 2025 and 33.31 million tons in March 2024.
Meanwhile, coal prices also slid to US$64.04 per ton in March 2025 from US$67.60 per ton in February 2025 and US$76.85 per ton in March 2024.
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