"The biggest drop in the exports was recorded for iron ore, slags and ash. namely US$412.1 million. Other commodities that recorded a drop in exports are machinery, electrical equipment, copper and mineral fuels," BPS deputy head of statistics, distribution and services, Djamal, said when presenting the BPS statistical data here on Wednesday.
Commodities that made significant gains in exports in the month were vegetable oils and fats, organic chemicals, rubber and rubber products and paper.
Although they dropped a little their value was still recorded 31.52 percent higher than that of the same period last year.
The biggest exports in the period went to China worth US$1.57 billion, followed by Japan worth US$1.46 billion and the US at US$1.31 billion.
"The three countries absorbed up to 33,56 per cent of the total exports," Djamal.
Exports to 27 countries grouped in the European Union in the month reached US$1.69 billion (13.31 percent) and to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) US$2.47 billion (22.24 percent).
Djamal said cumulatively the value of non-oil/gas exports from January to April 2011 rose 29.34 percent from US$50.03 billion in the same period last year.
Total export value in the period was still recorded high reaching US$61.91 billion, rising 30.14 percent compared to that of the same period last year.
In the first quarter of 2011 BPS recorded most exports went to Japan (11.65 percent) followed by the US (10.47 percent) and China (10.39 percent).
(T.M035/Uu.H-YH/HAJM/A014)
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