Non-oil/non-gas imports in November reached US$11.95 billion, down 2.1 percent from the previous month, acting BPS chief Suryamin said here on Monday.
According to BPS data, six groups of non-oil/non-gas commodities recorded a decline in their imports in November 2011 compared to the month before. They were machinery and mechanical appliances which fell 7.64 percent, motor vehicles and spare parts 16.87 percent, aircraft and spare parts 21.34 percent, organic chemicals 12.38 percent, plastics and plastic products 8.47 percent and cotton 6.54 percent.
Suryamin said only groups of cereals; electrical machines and appliances; iron and steel; goods made of iron and steel saw an increase in their imports.
China was listed as the biggest supplier of non-oil/non-gas commodities to Indonesia in November 2011, supplying 20.39 percent of the latter`s overall non-oil/non-gas imports in that month. This was followed by Japan (15.59 percent) and Singapore (6.76 percent), the United States (6.25 percent), Thailand (5.89 percent), South Korea (5.57 percent) and Malaysia (4.42 percent).
Cumulatively, imports in the January-November 2011 period reached US$160.96 billion, up 31.38 percent from the same period in 2010, he said.
In the eleven months through November 2011 oil and gas imports rose 49.59 percent to US$37.05 billion compared with the same period in 2010.
Meanwhile, non-oil/non-gas imports in the January-November 2011 period increased 26.77 percent to US$123.91 billion from the same period the year before.(*)
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