Head of Distribution and Service Statistics of the National Statistics Agency (BPS), Djamal, said here on Monday total exports in August were also up by 37 percent from the same period last year.
Oil and gas exports in August reached US$4.09 billion while non-oil and gas exports were recorded at US$14.72 billion.
"Oil and gas exports rose 7.59 percent while non-oil and gas exports 8.12 percent from the previous month," he said.
Djamal said most of the country`s exports in August went to China worth US$1.92 billion, followed by Japan (US$1.53 billion) and India (US$1.39 billion).
"Exports to the three countries comprised 32.89 percent," he said.
Cumulatively the value of exports from January to August 2011 reached US$134.85 billion or rose 36.58 percent compared to the same period last year.
In the period the value of non-oil and gas exports reached US$107.37 billion with mineral fuels, fat and oil contributing the largest respectively at US$16.97 billion and US$13.96 billion.
Exports of oil and gas in the period were recorded at US$27.47 billion with gas and crude oil exports contributing the biggest respectively at US$15.36 billion and US$8.76 billion.
Djamal said Indonesia`s imports in August were recorded at US$15.05 billion, down 7.12 percent from the previous month.
Non-oil and gas imports dropped by 9.37 percent to 11.25 percent.
The biggest non-oil and gas imports consisted of electronic goods worth US$2.09 billion.
Although imports were lower their value was still higher that the previous month`s.
Cumulatively imports from January to August 2011 rose 30.90 percent to US$114.84 billion from those of the same period last year.
Non-oil and gas imports in the first six month period of 2011 were also up 25.18 percent from those of the same period last year to US$87.99 billion.
China was the biggest supplier if non-oil and gas imports comprising 18.61 percent of the market share worth US$16.37 billion.
Japan followed in the second place with exports worth US$12.10 billion and Singapore in the third place with exports woth US$7.07 billion.
"Imports of non-oil and gas from ASEAN and European Union were recorded respectively at 22.30 percent and 7.80 percent," Djamal said.
Indonesia`s non-oil and gas imports mostly consist of raw and supporting materials (34.88 percent), consumer goods (34.78 percent) and capital goods (14.86 percent).
(T.M035/H-YH/HAJM/F001)
Editor: Priyambodo RH
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