BPS Head Rusman Heriawan said here on Monday that in the first semester of this year imports of raw materials / auxiliary goods were recorded at 62.88 bullion US dollars, accounting for 75.23 percent of the country`s whole import values in the same period.
He said that if compared with the imports of the same commodities in the corresponding period a year earlier which were recorded at 73.45 percent of the whole imports, the percentage of imported raw materials / auxiliary goods this year were higher.
Previously, the central bureau of statistics chief said that there was an indication that the increase in the importation of raw materials / supporting goods had links with the increase in the country`s exports of industrial products in the following period.
Thus, the increase in the exports of industrial products by 36.74 percent in the January - June 2011 period was likely due to the increase in the raw materials / auxiliary goods imports in the previous periods.(*)
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