Denpasar, Bali (ANTARA News) - Bali`s non-oil/non-gas exports to the United States in the first nine months of 2011 rose 12.2 percent to US$81 million from US$72.1 million in the same period last year.

The U.S. remained the biggest buyer of Bali`s export commodities although the country`s economy grew only 2.9 percent last year and its economy slowed down this year, the head of the export section at the Bali provincial industry and trade office, Putu Bagiada said here on Friday.

Bali`s exports to the US mainly consisted of non-knitted garments, wooden handicraft,and processed fish, he said.

In August 2011, Bali`s non-oil/non-gas exports were valued at US$51.9 million of which US$10.2 million came from exports to the US, he said.

The figure put the US in the first place among the buyers of Bali`s export commodities, he said.
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