"Indonesia`s overall imports in September 2011 reached US$15.1 billion consisting of non-oil/non-gas imports reaching US$11.7 billion and oil and gas imports US$3.4 billion," the director general of foreign trade of the ministry of trade, Deddy Saleh, said here on Tuesday.
He said totally annual import movements grew 33.6 percent and cumulatively imports in the period January - September 2011 reached US$130 billion.
The imports consisted of non-oil/non-gas reaching US$99.7 billion and oil and gas US$30.3 billion.
"The growth of non-oil/non-gas imports was 27.9 percent or lower than non-oil/non-gas export growth of 31.7 percent," he said.
He said total imports from January to September 2011 reached US$130.0 billion up 33.5 percent compared to the same period last year.
Imports in the period were dominated by raw/supporting materials that rose by 37.1 percent although it was still below that of the same period last year.
Imports of consumer goods and capital goods from January to September 2011 respectively rose 38.5 percent and 18.4 percent.
"There have been shifts in Indonesia` non-oil/non-gas import sources as shown by hikes in imports from India and Thailand," he said.
Imports from Thailand were recorded up 7.9 percent in the January-September 2011 period replacing Singapore`s position as well as the US` while imports from India increased from 2.4 percent to 3.0 percent.
"The Japanese share in the Indonesian import markets dropped from 15.6 percent to 13.8 percent while China has been the main import source with its share reaching 18.6 percent," he said. (*)
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